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fluorapatite
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fluorapatite [ˌflʊəˈræpətaɪt]
n
(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) a mineral consisting of calcium fluorophosphate; the most common form of apatite
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Noun1.fluorapatite - a form of apatite in which fluorine predominates over chlorine
atomic number 9, fluorine, F - a nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite
apatite - a common complex mineral consisting of calcium fluoride phosphate or calcium chloride phosphate; a source of phosphorus


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5 mm), colorless, short-prismatic fluorapatite crystals.
PODLESNOITE BaCa^sub 2^(CO^sub 3^)^sub 2^F^sub 2^: A NEW MINERAL ... by Igor V Pekov and Natalia V Zubkova and Nikita V Chukanov and Dmitriy Yu Pushcharovsky and Natalia N / Mineralogical Record
At locality 5, thomsonite is found as transparent to translucent, colorless to gray, elongated rectangular blades flattened on {001}, as cruciform twins, and as divergent crystal aggregates on altered meionite, diopside and fluorapatite crystals exposed in voids in FPS skarn.
ZEOLITE OCCURRENCES in the CENTRAL METASEDIMENTARY BELT OF THE ... by Jerry Van Velthuizen and Robert A Gault and George W Robinson and Jeffrey Scovil / Mineralogical Record
Also from Imilchil there are glassy hexagonal prisms of translucent, pale grayish yellow fluorapatite embedded in cavernous masses of drusy milky quartz; the fluorapatite crystals reach 5 cm long, and the matrix ranges from 6 to 10 cm.
What's New in Minerals: Tucson Show 2006 by Tom Moore / Mineralogical Record
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