Area of potential phosphate deposits. Mazıdağı phosphates were formed on a shallow marine platform located in the south of the Neo-Tethys Ocean between the African–Arabic and Eurasian plates during the Upper Cretaceous period.

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References

Gundogar, Derya Yildirim, Sasmaz, Ahmet (2022) Geochemical Approach to Determine the Possible Precipitation Parameters of the Coniacian–Santonian Mazıdağı Phosphates, Mardin, Turkey. Minerals, 12 (12) 1544 doi:10.3390/min12121544

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