chlorapatite

English

Etymology

chlor- +‎ apatite

Noun

chlorapatite (countable and uncountable, plural chlorapatites)

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

Further reading

David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Chlorapatite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
“chlorapatite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

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