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单词 apatite
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apatiten.

Brit. /ˈapətʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈæpəˌtaɪt/
Etymology: modern < (by Werner 1786) Greek ἀπάτη deceit + -ite suffix1; in reference to the diverse and deceiving forms of the mineral.
Mineralogy.
A native crystallized phosphate of lime, varying in colour from white to green, blue, violet, brown; transparent, translucent, or opaque.
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1803 Edinb. Rev. 3 51 It is..much better to talk..of phosphate of lime, than of apatite.
1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius x. 284 Apatite..is found crystallized in ejected blocks and lava.
1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks x. 146 Under the microscope apatite appears in elongated hexagonal prisms.
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