Spheniscidite, a new phosphate mineral from Elephant Island, British Antarctic Territory

• Main Authors: M. J. Wilson, D. C. Bain, Z
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: spheniscidite; phosphate minerals; new minerals; Elephant Island; Antarctica; Antarctic; British Antarctic Territory; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.551.432; http://rruff.info/doclib/mm/vol50/MM50_291.pdf

ABSTRACT. Spheniscidite is a new phosphate mineral occurring in a soil profile in an area of nesting penguins on Elephant Island. It is the NH4-dominant analogue of leucophosphite and has the formula (NH4,K)(Fe3+,AlJz (P04MOH) ' 2HzO. It is monoclinic, P2,fn with unit cell parameters a 9.75, b