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phosphorite

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phos·pho·rite  (fsf-rt)
n.
A sedimentary rock consisting predominantly of apatite and other phosphates.


phosphorite [ˈfɒsfəˌraɪt]
n
1. (Earth Sciences / Minerals) a fibrous variety of the mineral apatite
2. (Earth Sciences / Minerals) any of various mineral deposits that consist mainly of calcium phosphate
phosphoritic  [ˌfɒsfəˈrɪtɪk] adj


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Their topics include Lower Cambrian shelled phosphorites from the northern Montaigne Noire in France, Siluro-Devonian alpine reefs and pavements, a late Atokan regional encrinite in the Sierra Agua Verde in northwestern Mexico, and whether the distribution of tabulae in tabulates can be used to estimate palaeo-environmental changes.
[FIGURE 6 OMITTED] Backfilling Previous experience with backfilling of oil shale mines and phosphorite mines allows one to consider that there is the possibility of using ash from powerplants, oil shale separation waste rock and/or limestone--as siderock from selective mining for perfoming backfilling [1, 9].
Uraniferous phosphorite and apatite-bearing gneisses in the Proterozoic Finland.
 
 
 
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