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No it is not because Phosphorus is never found free in nature, it is widely spread in combination with minerals. Phosphate rock, which contains the mineral apatite, an impure tri-calcium phosphate, is an important source of the element. Large deposits are found in Russia, in Morocco, and in Florida, Tennessee, Utah, and Idaho.

You can mine it in many many places, and the gross part is that you can extract P from Urine.

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