Apatite synonyms

ăp'ə-tīt'

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mohs-scale (related)
A scale of the hardness of minerals based on their ability to scratch one another
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fluorapatite (related)
A hard, variously colored apatite mineral, calcium fluoride phosphate, Ca5 F(PO4 )3 , that is the most common phosphate mineral and is used in the manufacture of fertilizers. Fluorapatite is formed in tooth enamel exposed to fluoride and helps prevent decay by its resistance to acidity.
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monazite (related)
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zircon (related)
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feldspar (related)
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silicate (related)
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biotite (related)
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pyroxene (related)
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magnetite (related)
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epidote (related)
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intergrowths (related)
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olivine (related)
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hornblende (related)
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spinel (related)
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hydrous (related)
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Find another word for apatite. In this page you can discover 15 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for apatite, like: mohs-scale, fluorapatite, monazite, zircon, feldspar, silicate, biotite, pyroxene, magnetite, epidote and intergrowths.
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Apatite Sentence Examples

  • The ultimate source of these mineral phosphates may be referred in most cases to the apatite widely distributed in crystalline rocks.

  • Deciphering continental breakup in eastern Australia by combining apatite (U-Th)/He and fission track thermochronometers.

  • Other minerals present include diopside, pargasite, spinel, phlogopite, apatite, graphite, pyrrhotite and zircon (Davidson 1943 ).

  • It is the principal inorganic constituent of bones, and hence of the "bone-ash" of commerce (see Phosphorus); it occurs with fluorides in the mineral apatite (q.v.); and the concretions known as coprolites largely consist of this salt.

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