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CARBONATE-APATITE [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

A mineral of the apatite group [which] is the principal constituent of sedimentary phosphate rock.

CONT

Carbonate apatites are the most perplexing members of the apatite group from the standpoint of both chemistry and structure. Not only do they have CO3 groups substituting for PO4 groups, but they usually show an excess of water above F + OH = 2. ... Francolite is the F-bearing mineral of the carbonate apatites.

CONT

The mineralogy of phosphate deposits is usually complex, as they consist of a fine-grained mixture of various calcium phosphates, of which hydroxyl-apatite, carbonate-apatite, fluor-apatite ... are perhaps the most important.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
DEF

[...] constituant des phosphates sédimentaires [...]

Spanish

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