chlorapatite

English

Etymology

chlor- +‎ apatite

Noun

chlorapatite (plural chlorapatites)

  1. (mineralogy) A variety of apatite containing chloride instead of fluoride.

Further reading
  • “Chlorapatite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “chlorapatite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
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