fermoriten.
/ˈfəːmərʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
An arsenate and phosphate of calcium and strontium in the apatite group.
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1910 Prior & 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.
1938 Amer. Mineralogist 23 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 P. F. Kerr Optical Mineral. (ed. 3) xii. 230 Fermorite, strontian apatite, and ellestadite are similar to apatite in physical properties.
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