The literature on the geology, chemistry, and biochemistry of phosphorus generally takes its
mineralogy for granted. The in cidental information on phosphate minerals given in these …

This chapter describes phosphate minerals in soils along with their solubility relationships.
Phosphate minerals form under a wide variety of environmental conditions ranging from …

… phosphate minerals and of the P released from their dissolution. The intent of this chapter is
to address (i) the occurrence of phosphate minerals … ) the role of phosphate in environmental …

… of the mineral indicates it to be a large-cation phosphate mineral (eg, whitlockite, Ca 18
Mg 2 (PO 4 ) 12 (PO 3 {OH}) 2 ). In accord with the above discussion, phosphate minerals are …

… [(Fe 3 ,Mn3+)PO4] and the minerals of the alluaudite group, which, in turn, produce a plethora
of structurally and chemically complex phosphate minerals (Fig. 5). Thus we have a rich …

… phosphate minerals and discusses the consequences of these reactions for global
sustainability. It is motivated by the importance of the role phosphate minerals … oxyanion (phosphate, …

… and types of phosphate minerals in human tissues. Considered in … phosphate minerals in
vivo and in vitro; (b) the co-existence of one type of phosphate mineral with another phosphate …

… calcium phosphate mineral from solution (nucleation). However, calcium phosphate minerals
… The chemical mechanism of phosphorite mineral nucleation in the environment has been a …

… phosphate minerals. Nonetheless, in common igneous and metamorphic rocks phosphate
mineral … and chemistry of phosphate minerals and applications to problems of petrogenesis. …

… of phosphate minerals in crystalline rocks is as accessory phases, most notably apatite,
monazite, and xenotime. Because these minerals … The phosphate minerals apatite, monazite and …