| NOUN | substance | apatite | a common complex mineral consisting of calcium fluoride phosphate or calcium chloride phosphate |
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| Sounds | ae'pahtay.t | |
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| Rhymes | acolyte ... write: 181 rhymes with ayt... | |
| Meaning | A common complex mineral consisting of calcium fluoride phosphate or calcium chloride phosphate; a source of phosphorus. | |
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| Narrower | fluorapatite | A form of apatite in which fluorine predominates over chlorine |
| Broader | mineral | Solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition |
| Substances | phosphorus, P, atomic number 15 | A multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells |
| terbium, Tb, atomic number 65 | A metallic element of the rare earth group | |
| thulium, Tm, atomic number 69 | A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group | |
| Spanish | apatita, apatito | |
| Catalan | apatita | |
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