Butschliite Mineral Data

General Butschliite Information
Chemical Formula:	K2Ca(CO3)2
Composition:	Molecular Weight = 238.29 gm
	Potassium 32.82 % K 39.53 % K₂O
	Calcium 16.82 % Ca 23.53 % CaO
	Carbon 10.08 % C 36.94 % CO₂
	Oxygen 40.29 % O
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	100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Empirical Formula:	K₂Ca(CO₃)₂
Environment:	Occurs in the clinkers of melted wood ash found in partly burned trees, mainly hemlock and fir, in the forests of the western United States. Dimorphous with fairchildite.
IMA Status:	Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1947
Locality:	Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Name Origin:	Named for Johann Adam Otto Butschli (1848-1920), professor of zoology, Heidelberg, Germany, who studied the double carbonates of K and Ca.
Name Pronunciation:	Butschliite + Pronunciation
Synonym:	Buetschliite