land pebble phosphate
land pebble phosphate
[′land ¦peb·əl ′fäs‚fāt] (geology)
A pebble phosphate in a clay or sand bed below the ground surface; a small amount of uranium is often present and is recovered as a by-product; used as a source of phosphate fertilizer. Also known as land pebble; land rock; matrix rock.
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