Gcwihaba

Gcwihaba is a cave in Botswana. In 1932 it was first shown to a European, Ghanzi region farmer Martinus Drotsky, and the main cavern was named Drotsky’s cavern after him.[1] Gwchihaba is a Botswanan National Monument, and has been put forward to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[1] It is the type locality of the mineral gwihabaite (IMA1994-011).[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Gcwihaba caves". Botswana Tourism. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Gwihabaite". Mindat. Retrieved 15 June 2017.

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