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Aug 1966
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1966gecoa..30..769g&link_type=abstract
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 30, Issue 8, pp.769-778
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The chemical composition, both major and minor constituents, of 60 samples of phosphorite from the Phosphoria Formation was determined. Major constituents of the average phosphorite are, by weight per cent: SiO 2 , 11·9; Al 2 O 3 , 1·7; Fe 2 O 3 ,1·1; MgO, 0·3; CaO, 44·0; Na 2 O, 0·6; K 2 O, 0·5; total H 2 O, 2·2; H 2 O - , 0·6; TiO 2 , 0·1; P 2 O 5 , 30·5; CO 2 , 2·2; SO 3 , 1·8; F, 3·1; organic matter, 2·1; and oil, 0·2. Uranium averages 0·009 per cent. The phosphate mineral is basically apatite, Ca 5 (PO 4 ) 3 F, with small but significant and variable substitutions--Na, Sr, U and Th for Ca, and CO 3 and SO 4 for PO 4 . Rare metals not associated with apatite are associated principally with the organic-matter component of the rocks. This group includes As, Ag, Cd, Cr, Cu, Mo, Ni, Sb, Se, V and Zn. Chromium is the most abundant, having a modal abundance of 0·1 per cent and a maximum concentration of 0·3 per cent. The average phosphorite is composed of approximately 80 per cent apatite, 10 per cent quartz, 5 per cent muscovite-illite, 2 per cent organic matter, 1 per cent dolomite--calcite, 1 per cent iron oxide, and 1 per cent other components. It is texturally a medium-grained pellet phosphorite.
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