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	APATITE (Calcium (Fluoro-, Chloro-, Hydroxyl-) Phosphate)
		Apatite is actually three different minerals depending on the predominance of either fluorine, chlorine or the hydroxyl group.
		An irony of the name apatite is that apatite is the mineral that makes up the teeth in all vertebrate animals as well as their bones.
		Apatite is widely distributed in all rock types; igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic, but is usually just small disseminated grains or cryptocrystalline fragments.
	mineral.galleries.com /minerals/phosphat/apatite/apatite.htm (338 words)

	Apatite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Apatite is a group of phosphate minerals, usually referring to hydroxylapatite, fluorapatite, and chlorapatite, named for high concentrations of OH
		Apatite is one of few minerals that are produced and used by biological systems.
		Fission tracks in apatite are commonly used to determine the thermal history of orogenic (mountain) belts and of sediments in sedimentary basins.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Apatite (197 words)

	Apatite - Binding Strontium
		Apatite is the name of a common type of mineral.
		Often, apatite is used in fertilizers because it is a rich source of phosphorus.
		Apatite also is used to fluoridate water and to put protective coatings on metals to prevent rust.
	www.ecy.wa.gov /programs/nwp/Apatite.htm (780 words)

	apatite.htm
		GRANT COUNTY: Carbonate apatite is widespread as tiny nodules and as phosphatic fossil material with the Platteville and Maquoketa formation in the Rewey-Mifflin areas and elsewhere in the county (Taylor, 1964).
		LAFAYETTE COUNTY: Apatite is a common component of phosphatic nodules and in the Maquoketa Shale in the Belmont and Calamine Quadrangles, especially in the depauperate fauna zone at the base of the unit (Klemic and West, 1964).
		MARATHON COUNTY: Apatite is a widespread constituent of the igneous rocks of the Wausau region (Weidman, 1904a).
	www.uwrf.edu /~wc01/apatite.htm (966 words)

	Apatite
		Apatite is found in all types of rocks: sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks.
		Apatite is used as an apatite-fission-track system due to the coincidence between the temperature range over which annealing occurs and that over which liquid hydrocarbons are generated.
		Apatite is not used in the jewelry business very much because it is a soft mineral and it is very brittle when you try to cut it into a gemstone.
	www.und.nodak.edu /instruct/mineral/geol318/webpage/hegle (682 words)

	Apatite
		Apatite is the most common phosphate mineral and is the main source of the phosphorus required by plants.
		Apatite is essential in the manufacture of phosphate fertilizers, and is very important in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries.
		Apatite is also a popular collectors mineral, and some transparent specimens are faceted for collectors.
	www.joellessacredgrove.com /Gems/apatite.html (226 words)

	Apatite - Information about Apatite
		Apatite with a hardness of 5 on the Moh?s scale of hardness is a rather soft stone.
		Apatite fashioned as a cut gemstone is very popular with collectors, It sometimes show a cat?s eye effect, a ray of light running through the center of the stone resembling a cat?s eye.
		Apatite is an abundant material that occurs in many different types of rocks: Marbles, pegmatites, ore veins in many areas of the world.
	www.gemwow.com /category_info.php?cat1=1&cat2=28 (338 words)

	Apatite beads and jewelry supplies - Sun Country Gems (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		Apatite beads are composed of a mineral known as a phosphate, and most apatite is used as a source of phosphorous in fertilizer rather than in jewelry.
		Apatite is based on the Greek word to deceive, as it was easily confused with other minerals.
		Apatite beads are transparent to translucent green, but also yellow, blue, reddish brown, and purple, making them attractive for jewelry making.
	www.suncountrygems.com /apatite_beads.html (255 words)

	APatite
		Apatite, with its penetrating deep blue color, is available here as raw stones, and has been known to assist the conscious mind to plunge into the depths of the unknown much as a diver plunges into the depths of the ocean.
		As one reaches the surface, apatite may become the bridge between the inner truths and the tangible realities.
		It aids in the development of the psychic gifts, especially clairaudience, which is hearing sound on the astral level, and gives expression (both auditory and visual) to the creative impetus of the second chakra.
	www.apathtowholeness.com /Apatite.htm (135 words)

	Apatite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		Apatite is from the Greek word "apatos" meaning deception because of its wide variety of shapes and colors.
		Apatite is a fairly common mineral found in many prismatic well shaped crystals.
		Apatite is found in pegmatites, metamorphic and igneous rock.
	www.k12.nf.ca /sjis/rocks/sedimentary/apatite.htm (181 words)

	Apatite Silver Jewelry ~ Earrings, Bracelets, Necklaces
		Apatite is a somewhat soft, very expensive gemstone that comes in many colors: from clear to white to brown, green, violet, blue or yellow.
		Apatite is considered an important gemstone in reducing stress and is often recommended to persons with burn out.
		Deep blue Apatite was once prized as a vision inducing substance, and passed down from one priestess to the next.
	www.luckygemstones.com /apatite-jewelry-blue_stones.htm (510 words)

	Apatite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		Apatite crystals may be violet, pink, blue, brown, gray, yellow, or colorless.
		Though apatite is sometimes cut and faceted into talismanic gemstones, it is usually considered too soft to be used as jewelry.
		Apatite is useful when attempting to unify the energies of more than one stone, or emotional, intellectual, physical, and spiritual forms.
	www.prcupcc.org /stones/ad/apatite.htm (396 words)

	artisan jewelry, handcrafted beaded jewelry, gemstone jewelry
		Ironically Apatite is the mineral that makes up the teeth and bones of all vertebrate animals so the hunger connection is quite appropriate after all.
		Apatite is a clear to opaque stone that comes in many colors, including green, yellow, blue, violet, and yellow-green (called asparagus stone).
		Apatite is actually three different minerals depending on the predominance of either fluorine, chlorine or the hydroxyl group: Calcium (Fluoro, Chloro, Hydroxyl) Phosphate.
	www.thebeadedgarden.com /gemstone_info/apatite_gemstone.php (269 words)

	APATITE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		The name apatite is from the Greek word to deceive because the gem varieties were often confused with other minerals.
		Previously apatite was used as a source of phosphate for fertilizer, but today mainly phosphorites are used.
		Apatites of fine color and transparency are occasionally used as gemstones, however, it is soft mineral, making it suitable only for use as gemstones in earrings, brooches and pendants.
	www.geoclassics.com /apatite_spheres.htm (138 words)

	Apatite and Phillipsite as Sequestering Agents for Metals and Radionuclides
		Apatite and, to a slightly lesser extent, phillipsite additions significantly enhanced plant growth and reduced Cd, Pb, and Zn concentrations in aU analyzed tissues (grain, leaves, and roots).
		Phillipsite reduced Fe and apatite reduced P and Fe concentrations in oat tissues; however, the level of these elements in oat leaves and grains remained sufficient.
		Apatite and phillipsite as sequestering agents for metals and radionuclides.
	www.uga.edu /srel/Reprint/2667.htm (274 words)

	Apatite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		Apatite can be found in many colors, including pink, yellow and a lovely shade of turquoise, its’ most common form.
		Apatite in its usual blue-green state closely resembles the costly aqua tourmaline from the Paraiba mine in Brazil.
		Apatite is relatively affordable, while the Paraiba tourmaline is one of the most expensive of its group.
	www.dandennis.com /apatite.htm (180 words)

	Thaigem.com \| Info Center \| A-Z Gemstones \| From Gemology To Mythology Learn More About Apatite At Our A-Z Gemstones
		Apatite is also believed by crystal healers to be useful to help improve one's coordination and to strengthen muscles, and to help suppress hunger and ease hypertension.
		The color in Apatite is often due to the presence of rare earth elements or by natural irradiation.
		Apatite is a clear to opaque gem that comes in many colors, including green, yellow, blue, violet, and a yellow-green variety, originally mined in Spain, commonly called “Asparagus Stone” because of its similarity in color to the vegetable.
	www.thaigem.com /a-z_gemstones/dis_apatite.asp (489 words)

	PIMS NW, Inc. - PIMS: REMEDIATION OF METAL CONTAMINATED WATERS AND SOILS
		Apatite II is also the best material available for non-specific metal adsorption, is an excellent buffer for neutralizing acidity through PO, and substituted CO, and exerts control on the chemical activities of other species leading to the precipitation of oxide-, hydroxide- and carbonate metal phases.
		Apatite II was shown to be almost ten times as effective as bone char for removing U, and many orders of magnitude more effective than the other materials including zeolite, activated charcoal, peat moss, zero valent iron and other forms of reduced iron, even in the presence of high nitrate concentrations.
		Other apatites, such as phosphate rock, bone char, or reagent grade tricalcium phosphate, are crystalline (Figures 8 and 9), have little or no carbonate substitution, have substantial fluorine substitution, have significant trace metal substitution (Sr, Ba, etc.), or have less microporosity, all of which reduce the reactivity and make them less optimal for metal stabilization.
	www.pimsnw.com /apatite2 (2400 words)

	Mount Apatite Park, Auburn, Maine - Maine Geological Survey
		The Mt. Apatite quarries were important producers of commercial feldspar in the early 1900's.
		The Mt. Apatite quarries were excavated in a type of igneous rock called granite pegmatite (often simply called "pegmatite" in Maine).
		The feldspar from Mt. Apatite was hauled to a nearby mill built in 1897 at Littlefield Station in Auburn.
	www.maine.gov /doc/nrimc/mgs/explore/minerals/sites/apatite.htm (3705 words)

	Faceted neon apatite from Madagascar
		Shortly after the discovery of this unusual tourmaline, a similarly colored variety of gem apatite began to be mined in Madagascar.
		Apatite is a fairly soft material (Mohs hardness of 5, compared to a hardness of 7.5 for tourmaline).
		Because of the softness, apatite should only be used in pendants, earrings or jewelry settings that will protect the stone from shock and abrasion.
	www.mtlilygems.com /apatite/ap628.html (178 words)

	Multicolour.com > Gem Library > Gemstones Varieties > Apatite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		Apatite is very rarely encountered as a gem material but occurs in transparent form in blue, violet, purple, yellowish green and, bluish green colors.
		With a hardness of 5, apatite is not a very hard stone but it is still used in jewelry because of its attractive color.
		Apatite is also very heat sensitive and as a result, there are few lapidaries that can cut it at all.
	www.multicolour.com /gemstones/apatite.html (335 words)

	Apatite - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Apatite abundant phosphate mineral found in a wide variety of igneous and metamorphic rocks.
		The mineral apatite is a form of calcium phosphate.
		Molecules of the same substance in its pure state also form a constituent of bones and teeth that...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Apatite.html (117 words)

	Apatite
		Apatite provides attractive gems in a variety of colors : green but also yellow,blue, reddish, brown and purple.
		Apatite is easily confused with Beryl, Topaz and Tourmaline.
		Apatite should NOT be cleaned in an ultrasonic or steam cleaner.
	www.seabgems.com /apatite.htm (94 words)

	Alternative Network Directory - Apatite
		Apatite is a common mineral in all types of rocks, igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic.
		Apatite refers to a family of minerals that includes fluorapatite (fluorine rich), chlorapatite (chlorine rich) and hydroxylapatite (with the OH- ion).
		Apatite is widely distributed in all rock types — igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic — but is usually found only as small, scattered grains or cryptocrystalline fragments.
	www.and-world.com /content/view/145/25 (272 words)

	Apatite Factsheet and Information Page at mineralminers.com
		Apatite is the name given to a group of three related minerals the most common of which is fluorapatite(Ca and more rarely clorapatite(Ca Cl) and hydroxylapatite(Ca A complete solid solution series exists between these three with F, Cl and OH substituting for each other.
		Apatites of fine color and transparency are occaisionally used as gemstones, however the relatively low hardness of apatite limits its use as a gem, making it suitable only for use as gemstones in earrings, brooches and pendants.
		Apatite is said to be usefull to help improve one's coordination and to strengthen muscles, and to help suppress hunger and ease hypertension.
	www.mineralminers.com /html/apaminfo.htm (456 words)

	The Mineral Apatite: A Natural Source of Chlorine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		Apatite is the gray, six-sided grain in the center of this microscope photograph of granite from Yosemite National Park.
		Apatite is found in small amounts in all kinds of rocks--from those cooled from boiling lava to those formed from compacted grains of sand.
		In the microscope photo of apatite, the grain is six-sided because of a special internal arrangement of atoms in the mineral.
	www.science-education.org /classroom_activities/chlorine_compound/apatite.html (690 words)

	Hydroxil - Apatite
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		HYAP/07 - Hydroxil - Apatite xls on Horneblende - 55
		HYAP/10 - Hydroxil - Apatite xls and Horneblende -
	www.smartminerals.com /norvegia/Hydroxil_1.htm (329 words)

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