Tags: Chemical Substance, Mineral.

Whitlockite is a mineral an unusual form of calcium phosphate. Its formula is Ca9(MgFe)(PO4)6PO3OH. It is a relatively rare mineral but is found in granitic pegmatites phosphate rock deposits guano caves and in chondrite meteorites.

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