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单词 francolite
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francoliten.

Brit. /ˈfraŋkəlʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈfræŋkəlaɪt/
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Franco , -lite comb. form1.
Etymology: < the name of Wheal Franco, a former copper mine near Yelverton in south-west Devon, England, where the mineral was first identified + -lite comb. form1.
Mineralogy.
A mineral of the apatite group now usually called carbonate-fluorapatite.
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spargelstone1804
asparagus stone1816
francolite1843
fluorapatite1849
staffelite1868
collophanite1892
fermorite1910
steadite1911
hydroxyapatite1912
wilkeite1914
collophane1917
hydroxylapatite1927
1843 Catal. Choice Coll. Minerals H. Heuland (Messrs. J. C. & S. Stevens, London) 10 Francolite. Wheal Franco mine, Tavistock, Devonshire.
1850 T. H. Henry in London, Edinb., & Dublin Philos. Mag. 36 134 Mr. Brooke some years since received from Mr. Nuttall some specimens of a mineral found at Wheal Franco near Tavistock, Devon, which appeared to him and to Mr. Brooke to differ in external characters from all the substances with which they were acquainted, and it was consequently provisionally named Francolite.
1957 Encycl. Brit. II. 93/1 Carbonate-containing apatites related to fluorapatite and hydroxyapatite are known as francolite and dahllite, respectively.
2001 Late Amer. Antiq. 12 380/2 No correlation was observed between the δ13C value of bioapatite carbonate on the one hand, and C/P ratios of francolite occurrence on the other hand.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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