| Identification | |
| Name: | FLUORAPATITE |
| Synonyms: | Fluorapatite (Ca5F(PO4)3);fluorapatite |
| CAS: | 1306-05-4 |
| EINECS: | 215-144-1 |
| Molecular Formula: | Ca10F2O4P |
| Molecular Weight: | 533.77 |
| Molecular Structure: |  |
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Fluorapatite (CAS NO.1306-05-4), often with the alternate spelling of fluoroapatite, is a mineral with the formula Ca5F(PO4)3 (calcium halophosphate). Fluorapatite is a hard crystalline solid. Although samples can have various color (green, brown, blue, violet, or colorless), the pure mineral is colorless as expected for a material lacking transition metals. It is an important constituent of tooth enamel. Fluorapatite is the most common phosphate mineral. It occurs widely as an accessory mineral in igneous rocks and in calcium rich metamorphic rocks. It commonly occurs as a detrital or diagenic mineral in sedimentary rocks and is an essential component of phosphorite ore deposits. It occurs as a residual mineral in lateritic soils. |
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