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Phoscorites are plutonic ultramafic rocks, comprising magnetite, apatite and one of the silicates, forsterite, diopside or phlogopite. They almost always occur in close association with carbonatites. Common minor minerals are calcite, dolomite, phlogopite, tetraferriphlogopite and richterite. Key accessories are baddeleyite, pyrochlore, pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite.