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Table 1 Some common soil phosphate minerals (from Barber 1984)

From: Diversity in phosphorus mobilisation and uptake in ectomycorrhizal fungi

Calcium phosphates

Aluminium phosphates

Iron phosphates

Ca5(PO4)3F

AlPO4ā‹…2H2O

FePO4ā‹…2H2O

Fluoroapatite

Variscite

Strengite

Ca5(PO4)3OH

H6K3Al5(PO4)8ā‹…18H2O

 

Hydroxyapatite

Potassium Taranakite

 

Ca3(PO4)2

AlPO4

 

Tricalcium phosphate

Berlinite

 

Ca4H(PO4)3ā‹…2.5H2O

  

Octacalcium phosphate

  

CaHPO4

  

Dicalcium phosphate

  

CaHPO4ā‹…2H2O

  

Dicalcium phosphate dihydrate, brushite