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fermorite Min.|ˈfɜːməraɪt|
[f. name of Sir Lewis Fermor (1880–1954), of the Geological Survey of India: see -ite1.]
An arsenate and phosphate of calcium and strontium in the apatite group.
1910Prior & Smith in Nature 23 June 513/1 The name fermorite, after Dr. L. L. Fermor, of the Geological Survey of India,..is proposed for this analogue. 1938Amer. Mineralogist XXIII. 11 Fermorite is an example of the substitution of Sr for Ca but this mineral also shows an appreciable substitution of As for P. 1959[see ellestadite]. |