Apatite vs Alforsite - What's the difference?
apatite | alforsite |
(mineral) A calcium fluoride phosphate of variable composition, sometimes used in the manufacture of fertilizer.
* 1967', Duncan McConnell ''et al.'', "Infrared Absorption of Carbonate '''Apatite ," ''Science, New Series , vol. 155, no. 3762, p. 608,
(mineral) A hexagonal phosphate mineral of the apatite group, composed of barium, phosphorus, chlorine, and oxygen.
In mineral terms the difference between apatite and alforsite
is that apatite is a calcium fluoride phosphate of variable composition, sometimes used in the manufacture of fertilizer while alforsite is a hexagonal phosphate mineral of the apatite group, composed of barium, phosphorus, chlorine, and oxygen.apatite
English
(wikipedia apatite)Noun
(en noun)- We had prepared, by precipitation methods, finely divided crystalline apatites' that were similar in crystal size and x-ray diffraction profile to bone ' apatite .