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Phosphorite facts for kids

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

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  • Peloidal phosphorite Phosphoria Formation Simplot Mine Idaho

    Peloidal phosphorite, Phosphoria Formation, Simplot Mine, Idaho. 4.6 cm wide.

  • Fossiliferous peloidal phosphorite, Yunnan Province China

    Fossiliferous peloidal phosphorite, (4.7 cm across), Yunnan Province, China.

  • DSCN5766-guano-glantz crop b

    Guano phosphorite mining in the Chincha Islands of Peru, c. 1860

  • Phosphorite Mine Oron Israel 070313

    Phosphorite mine near Oron, Negev, Israel.

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