Phosphate mineral

The phosphate class of minerals is a large and diverse group, however, only a few species are relatively common.

Phosphate is also used in animal feed supplements, food preservatives, anti-corrosion agents, cosmetics, fungicides, ceramics, water treatment and metallurgy.

The production of fertilizer is the largest source responsible for minerals mined for their phosphate content.

Phosphate minerals are often used to control rust, and to prevent corrosion on ferrous materials applied with electrochemical conversion coatings.

Phosphate minerals include: IMA-CNMNC proposes a new hierarchical scheme (Mills et al., 2009).