Phosphorite Definition

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noun
Natural calcium phosphate, similar chemically to apatite but without crystal form.
Webster's New World

A sedimentary phosphate rock.

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Phosphorite

Noun

Singular:
phosphorite
Plural:
phosphorites

Origin of Phosphorite

  • phosphor(us) –ite

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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