PHOSPHATIC NODULE

Domain	Definition
Chemistry	Nodule of organic calcium phosphate which frequently forms around fossils due to the migration of organic phosphate during diagenesis. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	Black to brown, rounded mass, variable in size from a few millimeters to 30 or more centimeters. Usually consists of coprolites, corals, shells, and bones, more or less enveloped in crusts of collophane. Found in many horizons of marine origin. Also covering the ocean floors at manylocations around the world. (references)
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Anagrams: PHOSPHATIC NODULE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-h-h-i-l-n-o-o-p-p-s-t-u"
	-3 letters: depopulations.
	-4 letters: anthophilous, cephalothins, depopulation, theosophical.
	-5 letters: cephalopods, cephalothin, consolidate, copulations, diphosphate, inosculated, lithophanes, patchoulies, peculations, pentaploids, phosphatide, populations, speculation, supplicated.
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