Phosphate minerals

Phosphate minerals are those minerals that contain the tetrahedrally coordinated phosphate (PO43−) anion along with the freely substituting arsenate (AsO43−) and vanadate (VO43−). Chlorine (Cl−), fluorine (F−), and hydroxide (OH−) anions also fit into the crystal structure. The phosphate class of minerals is a large and diverse group, however, only a few species are relatively common. The apatite group: Apatite, Chlorapatite, Fluorapatite, Hydroxylapatite, Hedyphane, Mimetite, Pyromorphite, Vanadinite The Uranyl Phosphates: Autunite, Coconinoite, Dumontite, Meta-ankoleite, Meta-autunite, Meta-torbernite, Meta-uranocircite, Parsonite, Phosphuranylite, Phuralumite, Phurcalite, Renardite, Sabugalite, Saleeite,Torbernite, Uramphite, Uranocircite Mitridatite group: Arseniosiderite-mitridatite series, Arseniosiderite-robertsite series Amblygonite, Andrewsite, Anapaite, Arrojadite, Augelite, Barbosalite, Beraunite, Berlinite, Beryllonite, Beusite,  Bolivarite, Brazilianite, Brushite, Cacoxenite, Cassidyite, Chalcosiderite, Childrenite, Churchite-(Y), Collinsite, Cornetite. Crandallite, Cyrilovite, Diadochite, Dickinsonite, Dufrenite, Embreyite, Englishite, Eosphorite, Evansite, Fairfieldite, Faheyite, Faustite, Fillowite, Florencite, Frondelite, Gorceixite, Gordonite, Gormanite, Goyazite, Graftonite, Griphite, Hagendorfite, Hentschelite, Herderite, Heterosite, Hopeite, Holtedahlite, Hureaulite, Hurlbutite, Jahnsite, Kidwellite, Kulanite, Landesite, Laubmannite ,Laueite, Lazulite, Leucophosphite, Libethenite, Lipscombite, Lithiophilite, ludlamite, Messelite, Meta-variscite, Meta-vauxite, Mitridatite, Monazite, Monetite, Montbrasite, Montgomeryite, Moraesite, Natramblygonite, Natrophilite, Newberyite, Nissonite, Overite, Palermoite, Paraschozite, Paravauxite, Phosphoferrite. Phosphophyllite, Phosphosiderite, Plumbogummite, Pseudomalachite, Pucherite, Purpurite, Reddingite, Rhabdophane, Rockbridgeite, Roscherite, Rosemaryite, Salmonsite, Scholzite, Scorzalite, Sicklerite, Sincosite, Spencerite, Stercorite, Stewartite, Strengite, Strunzite, Struvite, Switzerite, Tarbuttite, Tavorite, Triphylite, Triplite, Triploidite, Trolleite,Tsumebite, Turquoise, Variscite, Vauxite, Veszelyite, Vivianite, Wagnerite, Wardite, Wavellite, Whiteite, Whitlockite, Wolfeite, Xenotime During the processing of minerals containing silicates, plants use the following types of separation: Flotation Magnetic separation Electrical separation Chemical separation Gravity separation Special methods of separation References https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphate_minerals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Phosphate_minerals http://www.galleries.com/Phosphates Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya