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Dahllite and whitlockite from Amatuku islet, Tuvalu

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

K. A. Rodgers
K. A. Rodgers*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Auckland, Private Bag, Auckland, New Zealand
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Abstract

Phosphatic limestones and a related soil were described from collections made by the first Royal Society coral-reef-boring expedition to Funafuti in 1896 (Cooksey, 1896; David and Sweet, 1904, Judd, 1904; Sollas, 1904; cf. Cullis, 1904). Although there is some geographic uncertainty about the source of some of Judd's samples, the specimens came from three localities on Funafuti, the largest being on Amatuku.

Keywords

dahllitewhitlockiteinsular phosphateFunafuti
Type
Short Communications
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 53 , Issue 369 , March 1989 , pp. 123 - 125
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1989

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