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Phosphate Minerals (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1984)
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Phosphate Minerals (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1984)
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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 texts is
often obsolescent and inaccurate. The few mineralogical texts that
have dealt comprehensively with the phosphate minerals have now
become outdated, and typically present the essential information in
a manner unsuitable for nongeological readers. This volume is
intended as a ready reference for workers who require good basic
information on phosphate minerals or their synthetic equivalents.
The topics covered should appeal to geologists and geochemists,
lithologists, environmental scientists and engineers, chemists and
biochemists who have any interest in the intricate world of
phosphorus. The hard tissues of many vertebrates and the many
pathological calcifications consist mostly of phosphate minerals.
The precipita tion of these compounds also plays a major role in
the ecological cycling of phosphorus, and occasionally even
dominates the behavior of many trace metals in many geochemical and
biolog ical systems. Indeed, many pegmatitic phosphate minerals
have acquired some notoriety because of the rarer trace metals
which they tend to accumulate. With the commercialization of
phosphate fertilizers since the early part of the 19th century,
phosphate minerals have assumed an important role in industrial
chemistry and agriculture. Clearly, the study of phosphate minerals
is important from the economic, agricultural, environmental and
(human and animal) health viewpoint."
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