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Definition of Apatites
1. apatite [n] - See also: apatite
Medical Definition of Apatites
1. A group of phosphate minerals that includes ten mineral species and has the general formula x5(yo4)3z, where x is usually calcium or lead, y is phosphorus or arsenic, and z is chlorine, fluorine, or oh-. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Apatites
Literary usage of Apatites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Present Condition of Knowledge of the Geology of Texas by Robert Thomas Hill (1887)
"When there is more fluorine than chlorine present the mineral is called fluor-apatite,
and when less it is called chlor-apatite.1 The apatites of Canada and ..."
2. Geology of the Non-metallic Mineral Deposits Other Than Silicates by Amadeus William Grabau (1920)
"Some of it seems to have an eruptive origin, a source generally held for the
Norwegian apatites. (For further detail see under Pre-Cambric (Vol. II).) 2. ..."
3. Report of the Royal Commission on the Mineral Resources of Ontario, and by Ontario (1890)
"... surrounded by a circular wall which held in a few inches of water with some
pounds of quicksilver in the bottom. В. apatites OF CANADA. ..."
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