Occurrence of leucophosphite in a soil from Elephant Island, British Antarctic Territoryl

• Main Authors: M. J. Wtr-son, D. C. Bnrn
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Antarctic; British Antarctic Territory; Elephant Island; Guano; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.581.6144; http://rruff.info/doclib/am/vol61/AM61_1027.pdf

An intermediate form of leucophosphite occurs in an Island, British Antarctic Territory where it formed by layer sil icate minerals. ornithogenic soil profi le in Elephant the reaction of penguin guano with Var ious isomorphs o f leucophosph i te (K,NH.XAl,Fe)r(POn)rOH.2H2O exist, including end members with potassium and iron and with am-monium and aluminium (Haseman et al., 1950); in-termediate forms have also been synthesized (Arlidge et al., 1963). The mineral was first discovered in Western Australia (Simpson, 1932), where it appar-ently formed as a result of the reaction of bird guano with serpentinite rock, and it has since been found in