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US
/ˈæpəˌtaɪt/
]
NOUN
- a common complex mineral consisting of calcium fluoride phosphate or calcium chloride phosphate; a source of phosphorus
How To Use apatite In A Sentence
- The main constituent phases of these rocks are plagioclase, hornblende, pyroxene, quartz and K-feldspar, and accessory phases include magnetite, sphene, zircon and apatite.
- Some calcareous veins contain epidote, titanite and apatite.
- How about apatite, apophyllite, axinite, chlorite, hypersthene, scapolite, serpentine, tantalite, and wolframite?
- Yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ) reinforced hydroxyapatite (HA) bio-composite coatings on polyimide (PI) substrate had been developed by R.
- AIM : To explore a simple fixation of hydroxyapatite ( HA ) artificial eye mount of auto sclera.
- The next few pockets yielded only dark blue apatite and clear to smoky to pale citrine quartz.
- The mineral assemblage comprises quartz, K-feldspar, albitic plagioclase, white mica, apatite, tourmaline and garnet.
- Bone consists of collagen banded fibrils sprinkled with tiny crystals of the mineral hydroxyapatite, which is basically calcium phosphate.
- Here, we can observe dentine tubules around which the apatite has been partially resorbed.
- The dominant non-clay mineral composition of the coarse fraction consists of biotite, quartz, and sanidine with lesser amounts of apatite and zircon.