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Apatite vs Guano - What's the difference?

apatite | guano |

As nouns the difference between apatite and guano

is that apatite is while guano is guano (dung from a sea bird or from a bat).

apatite

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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,
  • We had prepared, by precipitation methods, finely divided crystalline apatites' that were similar in crystal size and x-ray diffraction profile to bone ' apatite .

    Derived terms

    * chlorapatite * fluorapatite * hydroxyapatite

    See also

    * Not to be confused with appetite ----

    guano

    English

    (wikipedia guano)

    Noun

    (-)
  • Dung from a sea bird or from a bat.
  • * 1982:' "grazes on bat excrement, delicately referred to as ‘bat '''guano ’ in this week's Nature." ''—physics!tpkq, net.games.rogue
  • * 1995:' "The great white bat has great white '''guano !" ''—
  • Synonyms

    * birdshit * batshit

    Derived terms

    * guanite