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Rock Phosphate Ca₅(PO₄)₃(OH)
Sedimentary or igneous apatite, the mineral source of phosphorus. It is traded on P₂O₅ content as feed for phosphoric acid and fertilisers, with lower-grade material going to direct application and technical uses.
- Application
- Phosphoric acid and fertiliser feed, animal-feed phosphates, technical phosphates.
- Conditions
- Concentrate or beneficiated rock, on P₂O₅ basis; sized or granular.
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