Phosphorite

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A phosphorite or phosphate rock is a non-detrital sedimentary rock which contains high amounts of phosphate bearing minerals.

Phosphorite Media

Peloidal phosphorite, Phosphoria Formation, Simplot Mine, Idaho. 4.6 cm wide.
Fossiliferous peloidal phosphorite, (4.7 cm across), Yunnan Province, China.
Guano phosphorite mining in the Chincha Islands of Peru, c. 1860
Phosphorite mine near Oron, Negev, Israel.

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