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<journal-id journal-id-type="archive">gsminmag</journal-id>
<journal-title>Mineralogical Magazine</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="full">Mineralogical Magazine</abbrev-journal-title>
<issn pub-type="ppub">0026-461X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name>Mineralogical Society</publisher-name>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1180/minmag.1973.039.304.10</article-id>
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<article-title>Guano Minerals from Murra-el-elevyn Cave Western Australia</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Bridge</surname>
<given-names>P. J.</given-names>
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<aff>Government Chemical Laboratories, Perth, Western Australia</aff></contrib></contrib-group>
<pub-date pub-type="ppub">
<month>12</month>
<year>1973</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>39</volume>
<issue>304</issue>
<fpage>467</fpage>
<lpage>469</lpage>
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<date date-type="received">
<day>12</day>
<month>3</month>
<year>1973</year>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright &#x00A9; 1973, The Mineralogical Society</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>1973</copyright-year>
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<title>Summary</title>
<p>Biphosphammite, ammonian KH<sub>2</sub>PO<sub>4</sub>, syngenite, aphthitalite, monetite, hannayite, whitloekite, apatite and minor gypsum, taylorite, brushite, mirabilite, guanine, and unidentified compounds form crystalline crusts on the walls and floors of a chamber of Murra-el-elevyn Cave, Cocklebiddy, Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia. The minerals are derived from the interaction of bat urine, droppings, and limestone. Analyses for CaO, MgO, Na<sub>2</sub>O, K<sub>2</sub>O, SO<sub>3</sub>, P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>, CO<sub>2</sub>, NH<sub>3</sub>, H<sub>2</sub>O<sup>-</sup>, total N, and ignition loss are given. High K<sub>2</sub>O and low total N figures are characteristic of the analyses.</p></abstract>
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