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phosphate rock

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alt label

phosphorite

definition

Any rock that contains one or more phosphatic minerals of sufficient purity and quantity to permit its commercial use as a source of phosphatic compounds or elemental phosphorus. About 90% of the world's production is sedimentary phosphate rock, or phosphorite; the remainder is igneous rock rich in apatite.

notation

01.01.04.05
PhosR

source

Based on Neuendorf et al, 2009 (AGI glossary).

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industrial rock

	narrower	phosphate rock

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phosphate rock