The invention relates to a method for preparing 
calcium sulfate whiskers and 
magnesium hydroxide by decomposing 
phosphate tailings through 
hydrochloric acid. The method comprises the following steps: adding 
phosphate tailings and 
hydrochloric acid into a decomposing tank to adequately react in the decomposing tank, and carrying out 
solid-liquid separation I on reacted 
slurry, so as to separate first mother solution and 
solid waste residues, wherein the 
solid waste residues are acid-insoluble substances; adding 
sulfuric acid into the first mother solution to react for 
crystallization, so as to generate the 
calcium sulfate whiskers; carrying out solid-liquid separation on crystallized 
slurry, so as to separate 
calcium sulfate dihydrate 
whiskers, wherein the mother solution is a mixed mother solution containing 
magnesium chloride and 
hydrochloric acid; after 
magnesium chloride in the mixed mother solution reaches a certain concentration, starting to take out a part of mixed mother solution, carrying out 
flash evaporation to evaporate HCl in the mother solution so as to obtain the mother solution mainly containing magnesium 
chloride, and returning the rest part of the mixed mother solution to the decomposing tank; introducing 
ammonia gas into the magnesium chloride mother solution, and carrying out solid-liquid separation, so as to obtain a relatively pure magnesium chloride mother solution and magnesium 
ammonium chloride solids containing a small amount of impurities; and absorbing HCl gas in the front stage by a magnesium 
ammonium chloride solution to enable the pH value of the magnesium 
ammonium chloride solution to be close to neutrality, and carrying out concentration and 
crystallization, so as to obtain magnesium 
ammonium chloride crystals. The method has the 
advantage that magnesium 
hydroxide and the calcium sulfate whiskers which have relatively high quality can be produced from 
industrial waste and the cheap raw materials.