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Record 1 2012-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

A light- to dark-green, or greenish-yellow mineral which consists of a carbonated calcium phosphate occurring as incrustations in phosphorite, in botryoidal or stalactitic masses, fibrous and radiating crystals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
DEF

Phosphate naturel de calcium impur.

CONT

[...] la francolite ou sa variété fibreuse (staffélite) [...]

CONT

Il y a parfois à la surface des grains une enveloppe cristalline, réagissant en lumière polarisée. C'est de la staffélite, variété fibreuse de francolite.

OBS

C'est une variété d'apatite.

Spanish

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