World Phosphate Deposits | Geology for Investors
Nov 21, 2019· Phosphate rock describes an imprecise series of minerals, all belonging to or variations of the apatite group of minerals (Figure 1). As a whole the general chemistry is A 5 (XO 4 ) 3 (OH,F,Cl), where A is generally Ca and X is P, however the mineral group as a whole can accommodate over half the periodic table amongst the two sites.