GWIHABAITE


Meaning of GWIHABAITE in English

General Information:

Chemical Formula:

(NH4,K)(NO3)

Composition:

(Molecular Weight = 85.31 gm)

Potassium 11.46 % K

Hydrogen 3.54 % H

Nitrogen 28.73 % N

Oxygen 56.26 % O

Empirical Formula:

(NH4)0.75K0.25(NO3)

Environment:

As efflorescences on the walls, boulders, bat quano, and earthy floor of the cave and as saline crusts coating boulders in a dolomite hill in the Kalahari Basin.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA (Dana # Added)

Locality:

Gewihaba Cave (alson known as Drotsky's Cave), northwestern Botswana, 280 km west of Maun.

Name Origin:

Named after it's locality.

Physical Properties:

Cleavage:

None

Color:

colorless or white.

Density:

1.77

Diaphaniety:

Transparent

Habits:

Acicular - Occurs as needle-like crystals., Efflorescences - Crystals covering matrix, generally produced from transpiro-evaporation.,

Hardness:

5 - Apatite

Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Streak:

white

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