Simple Lithology
phosphorite
http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/lithology/phosphorite
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definition | Sedimentary rock in which at least 50 percent of the primary or recrystallized constituents are phosphate minerals. Most commonly occurs as a bedded primary or reworked secondary marine rock, composed of microcrystalline carbonate fluorapatite in the form of lamina, pellets, oolites and nodules, and skeletal, shell and bone fragments. |  |
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source | HallsworthandKnox 1999, Jackson 1997 | |
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is primary topic of | phosphorite& properties=inScheme | |||||||||