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Phosphate Group Minerals

Phosphate minerals are important components of fertilizer and animal feed supplements. Phosphorus is also used in food prducts as a peservative, stabilizer, and thickener, and phosphoric acid is used in many carbonated drinks.

The photo to the left is representative of this mineral group; however, it is not the same sample on which spectra listed below were measured.

Alluaudite P40
Arrojadite MDD15
Arrojadite P25
Barbosalite P38(1)
Baricite MDD11
Beraunite P18
Bukovskyite S104
Chalcosiderite P39
Childrenite P29
Coconinoite G106
Ferri-strunzite HMM108175
Ferri-strunzite P15
Ferroalluaudite P14
Ferrolaueite
Ferrolaueite
Hotsonite G2441
Kidwellite P18
Kulanite MDD16
Kulanite P32
Landesite P26
Luneburgite
Reddingite P31
Souzalite/Gormanite MDD13
Strengite MDD3
Strengite P16
Triphylite MDD7

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