Voelckerite
A synonym of Fluorapatite
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Formula:
Ca5(PO4)3F
Name:
After J. A. Voelcker (1822-1884), English agricultural chemist, who first proposed the existence of an oxyapatite.
Synonym:
A synonym of Fluorapatite
A name introduced by A.F.Rogers (1912) for a hypothetical mineral with the chemical composition 3Ca3(PO4)2 * CaO, an oxyapatite, in fact a fluorapatite.
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
32113 (as Voelckerite)
1572 (as Fluorapatite)
1572 (as Fluorapatite)
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:32113:0 (as Voelckerite)
mindat:1:1:1572:7 (as Fluorapatite)
mindat:1:1:1572:7 (as Fluorapatite)
GUID
(UUID V4):
(UUID V4):
3cacbebc-3152-4c45-b886-c78abff491bf (as Voelckerite)
9c0a7dda-21e0-4d78-938d-2356cc183767 (as Fluorapatite)
9c0a7dda-21e0-4d78-938d-2356cc183767 (as Fluorapatite)
References for Voelckerite
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