Phosphate yog ib qho tshwm sim ntawm cov phosphorus elemental, uas tuaj yeem pom nyob rau hauv ntau yam phosphate minerals. Phosphorus lossis phosphides ntawm cov ntsiab lus yog qhov nyuaj rau nrhiav pom (tsuas yog ib qho me me tuaj yeem pom hauv meteorites). Hauv mineralogy thiab geology, phosphate hais txog cov pob zeb lossis cov pob zeb uas muaj phosphate ions.
Qhov loj tshaj plaws phosphate ore deposit nyob rau hauv North America yog nyob rau hauv central Florida, Idaho's Sodas Springs, thiab cov ntug dej hiav txwv ntawm North Carolina. Thiab cov tom ntej no nyob ze Charleston hauv Montana, Tennessee, Georgia, thiab South Carolina. Nauru, ib lub teb chaws me me, tau siv ntau cov zaub mov zoo phosphate, tab sis tam sim no nws tau raug khawb ntau heev. Phosphate ore hmoov kuj tuaj yeem pom nyob rau hauv cov Islands tuaj ntawm Naversha, Morocco, Tunisia, Ixayees, Togo, thiab Jordan, qhov twg kuj tseem muaj ntau cov phosphate mining.
