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Webster 1913 Edition
Apatite
Ap′a-tite
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] deceit, fr. [GREEK] to deceive; it having been often mistaken for other minerals.]
(Min.)
Native phosphate of lime, occurring usually in six-sided prisms, color often pale green, transparent or translucent.
Webster 1828 Edition
Apatite
AP'ATITE
,Noun.
A variety of phosphate of lime; generally crystallized in low, flat, hexahedral prisms, sometimes even tabular. Its powder phosphoresces on burning coals.
The phosporite of Werner includes the massive and earthy varieties of the phosphate, which are distinguished from the apatite, by their containing a small portion of fluoric acid.
Definition 2024
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English
Noun
apatite (plural apatites)
- (mineralogy) A calcium fluoride phosphate of variable composition, sometimes used in the manufacture of fertilizer.
- 1967, Duncan McConnell et al., "Infrared Absorption of Carbonate Apatite," Science, New Series, vol. 155, no. 3762, p. 608,
- We had prepared, by precipitation methods, finely divided crystalline apatites that were similar in crystal size and x-ray diffraction profile to bone apatite.
- 1967, Duncan McConnell et al., "Infrared Absorption of Carbonate Apatite," Science, New Series, vol. 155, no. 3762, p. 608,
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type of mineral
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- Not to be confused with appetite