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Apatite Supergroup
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Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine (Tangping Mine), Gongcheng Co., Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
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| Lustre: | Vitreous | |||||||||||||||||||
| Name: | From the Greek "Apatao" = "I am misleading" in allusion to apatite often being confused with other minerals (e.g., beryl, milarite). | |||||||||||||||||||
Apatite is a group name for hexagonal or pseudohexagonal-monoclinic arsenates, phosphates and vanadates. In general use 'apatite' is often used in particular for the calcium phosphate minerals fluorapatite, chlorapatite and hydroxylapatite (see 'Apatite').
Numerous reference are listed in the entry of Apatite.
Members of the supergroup fall into several groups groups, including the Apatite Group, the Hedyphane Group, the Britholite Group and others.
The members of the Apatite Supergroup characteristically show a wide range of substitutional solid solutions.
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Physical Properties of Apatite Supergroup | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Crystallography of Apatite Supergroup | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Apatite no.1 - Goldschmidt (1913-1926)
Apatite no.5 - Goldschmidt (1913-1926)
Apatite no.7 - Goldschmidt (1913-1926)
Apatite no.8 - Goldschmidt (1913-1926)
Apatite no.9 - Goldschmidt (1913-1926)
Apatite no.12 - Goldschmidt (1913-1926)
Apatite no.25 - Goldschmidt (1913-1926)
Apatite no.68 - Goldschmidt (1913-1926)
Apatite no.129 - Goldschmidt (1913-1926)
Apatite no.146 - Goldschmidt (1913-1926) About Crystal AtlasYou may need to scroll this box using your mouse to view the full instructions.The mindat.org Crystal Atlas allows you to view a selection of crystal drawings of real and idealised crystal forms for this mineral and, in certain cases, 3d rotating crystal objects. You need Java to see these. You can download Java for free - click here to download Java The 3d models and java code are kindly provided by www.smorf.nl. You can control the movement of the models by holding down the left mouse-button over the 3d model and moving your mouse. Keyboard controls are:
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Chemical Properties of Apatite Supergroup | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Health Warning: | No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care. | |||||||||||||||||||
References for Apatite Supergroup | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reference List: - + | Náray-Szabó (1930) Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Mineralogie und Petrographie, Leipzig: 75: 387. Mehmel (1930) Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Mineralogie und Petrographie, Leipzig: 75: 323. Mehmel (1931) Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, Leipzig, Berlin: 15: 223. McConnell, Duncan (1938), A structural investigation of the isomorphism of the apatite group. American Mineralogist: 23: 1-19. McConnell, D. (1973) Apatite, its Crystal Chemistry, Mineralogy, Utilization, and Geologic and Biologic Occurrences. Springer-Verlag, New York, N.Y. Lang, A.R. and Walmsley, J.C. (1983) Apatite inclusions in natural diamond coat. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals: 9: 6-8. Farver, J.R. and Gletti, B.J. (1989) Oxygen and strontium diffusion kinetics in apatite and potential application to thermal history determinations. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta: 53: 1621-1631. Hogarth, D.D. (1989) Pyrochlore, apatite and amphibole: distinctive minerals in carbonatite. In K. Bell, Ed., Carbonatites: Genesis and Evolution: 105-148. Unwin Hyman Ltd., London. Elliott, J.C. (1994) Structure and Chemistry of the Apatites and Other Calcium Orthophosphates. Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Fleet, M.E. and Pan, Y. (1997b) Rare earth elements in apatite: uptake from H2O-bearing phosphate-fluoride melts and role of volatile components. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta: 61: 4645-4760. Jonckheere, R. and Wagner, G. (2000) On the occurrence of anomalous fission tracks in apatite and titanite American Mineralogist: 85: 1744-1753. Hughes, J.M. and Rakovan, J. (2002) The crystal structure of apatite, Ca5(PO4)3(F,OH,Cl). In Phosphates - Geochemical, Geobiological, and Materials Importance (M.L. Kohn, J. Rakovan, and J.M. Hughes, Eds.). Rev. Mineral. Geochem.: 48: 1-12. Pan, Y. and Fleet, M.E. (2002) Compositions of the apatite group minerals: substitution mechanisms ansd controlling factors. In Phosphates. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry (M.J. Kohn, J. Rakovan and J.M. Hughes, Eds.) Reviews in Mineralogy: 48: 13-49. Flora, N.J., Yoder, C.H., and Jenkins, H.D.B. (2003) Lattice energies of apatites and estimation of ΔH1°(PO3- 4 g). Inorganic Chemistry: 34: 499-517. Pasero, M., Kampf, A. R., Ferraris, C., Pekov, I. V., Rakovan, J. and White, T. J. (2010): Nomenclature of the apatite supergroup minerals. European Journal of Mineralogy 22, 163-179. | |||||||||||||||||||
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