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Phosphate minerals contain the phosphate, PO4, anion.

In standard mineral classification systems (in both the Dana and Strunz systems) the phosphate class includes the arsenates, vanadates and the polyvanadates. Strunz includes the vanadates(V, VI) in the oxides class.

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