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Available in 61 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-61" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">61 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatiet" title="Apatiet – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Apatiet" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%AA" title="أباتيت – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="أباتيت" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatito" title="Apatito – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Apatito" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatit" title="Apatit – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Apatit" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%82" title="Апатыт – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Апатыт" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%82" title="Апатыт – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Апатыт" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Апатит – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Апатит" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatit" title="Apatit – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Apatit" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatita" title="Apatita – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Apatita" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatit" title="Apatit – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Apatit" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatit" title="Apatit – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Apatit" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatiit" title="Apatiit – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Apatiit" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%AF%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82" title="Απατίτης – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Απατίτης" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatite" title="Apatite – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Apatite" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatita" title="Apatita – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Apatita" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatito" title="Apatito – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Apatito" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatito" title="Apatito – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Apatito" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%AA" title="آپاتیت – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آپاتیت" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatite" title="Apatite – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Apatite" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apait%C3%ADt" title="Apaitít – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Apaitít" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatita" title="Apatita – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Apatita" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B8%ED%9A%8C%EC%84%9D" title="인회석 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="인회석" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%BA%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%AB%D5%BF" title="Ապատիտ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ապատիտ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatit" title="Apatit – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Apatit" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatit" title="Apatit – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Apatit" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatite" title="Apatite – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Apatite" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%98%D7%99%D7%98" title="אפטיט – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אפטיט" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%85%E0%B2%AA%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%88%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%8D" title="ಅಪಟೈಟ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಅಪಟೈಟ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%9E%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="აპატიტი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="აპატიტი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Апатит – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Апатит" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Апатит – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Апатит" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apat%C4%ABts" title="Apatīts – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Apatīts" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatitas" title="Apatitas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Apatitas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatit" title="Apatit – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Apatit" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%88%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D" title="അപറ്റൈറ്റ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="അപറ്റൈറ്റ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatit" title="Apatit – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Apatit" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%94%E1%80%82%E1%80%AB%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9E%E1%80%BD%E1%80%B2%E1%80%B7" title="နဂါးသွဲ့ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="နဂါးသွဲ့" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatiet" title="Apatiet – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Apatiet" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%87%90%E7%81%B0%E7%9F%B3" title="燐灰石 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="燐灰石" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatitt" title="Apatitt – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Apatitt" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatitt" title="Apatitt – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Apatitt" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatita" title="Apatita – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Apatita" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatit" title="Apatit – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Apatit" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatyt" title="Apatyt – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Apatyt" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatita" title="Apatita – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Apatita" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatit" title="Apatit – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Apatit" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Апатит – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Апатит" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Апатиит – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Апатиит" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatit" title="Apatit – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Apatit" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Апатит – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Апатит" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatit" title="Apatit – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Apatit" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatiitti" title="Apatiitti – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Apatiitti" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatit" title="Apatit – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Apatit" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%8C" title="อะพาไทต์ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="อะพาไทต์" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Апатит – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Апатит" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatit" title="Apatit – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Apatit" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Апатит – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Апатит" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatit" title="Apatit – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Apatit" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A3%B7%E7%81%B0%E7%9F%B3" title="磷灰石 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="磷灰石" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A3%B7%E7%81%B0%E7%9F%B3" title="磷灰石 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="磷灰石" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A3%B7%E7%81%B0%E7%9F%B3" title="磷灰石 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="磷灰石" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q178397#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Edit interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Change links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div 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class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="color:white; background-color: #7da7d9">Apatite group</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Apatite09.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Apatite09.jpg/240px-Apatite09.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Apatite09.jpg/360px-Apatite09.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Apatite09.jpg 2x" data-file-width="394" data-file-height="222" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color:white; background-color: #7da7d9">General</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Category</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phosphate_mineral&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Phosphate mineral (not yet started)">Phosphate mineral</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Chemical_formula" title="Chemical formula">Formula</a> <br /><small>(repeating unit)</small></th><td class="infobox-data">Ca<sub>5</sub>(PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>3</sub>(F,Cl,OH)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nickel%E2%80%93Strunz_classification&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nickel–Strunz classification (not yet started)">Strunz classification</a></th><td class="infobox-data">08.BN.05</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color:white; background-color: #7da7d9">Identification</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Color</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transparency_(optics)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Transparency (optics) (not yet started)">Transparent</a> to translucent, usually green, less often colorless, yellow, blue to violet, pink, brown.<sup id="cite_ref-GRG_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GRG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crystal_habit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Crystal habit (not yet started)">Crystal habit</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Tabular, prismatic crystals, massive, compact or granular</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Crystal_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Crystal system">Crystal system</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hexagonal_(crystal_system)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hexagonal (crystal system) (not yet started)">Hexagonal</a> dipyramidal (6/m)<sup id="cite_ref-Webmineral_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Webmineral-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cleavage_(crystal)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cleavage (crystal) (not yet started)">Cleavage</a></th><td class="infobox-data">[0001] indistinct, [1010] indistinct<sup id="cite_ref-Webmineral_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Webmineral-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fracture_(mineralogy)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fracture (mineralogy) (not yet started)">Fracture</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Conchoidal to uneven<sup id="cite_ref-GRG_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GRG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Mohs_scale_of_mineral_hardness" title="Mohs scale of mineral hardness">Mohs scale</a> hardness</th><td class="infobox-data">5<sup id="cite_ref-GRG_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GRG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (defining mineral)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Lustre_(mineralogy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lustre (mineralogy)">Luster</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Vitreous<sup id="cite_ref-GRG_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GRG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to subresinous</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Streak_(mineralogy)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Streak (mineralogy) (not yet started)">Streak</a></th><td class="infobox-data">White</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transparency_and_translucency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Transparency and translucency (not yet started)">Diaphaneity</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Transparent to translucent<sup id="cite_ref-Webmineral_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Webmineral-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Specific_gravity" title="Specific gravity">Specific gravity</a></th><td class="infobox-data">3.16–3.22<sup id="cite_ref-Webmineral_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Webmineral-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Polish luster</th><td class="infobox-data">Vitreous<sup id="cite_ref-GRG_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GRG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Optical properties</th><td class="infobox-data">Double refractive, uniaxial negative<sup id="cite_ref-GRG_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GRG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Refractive_index" class="mw-redirect" title="Refractive index">Refractive index</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1.634–1.638 (+0.012, −0.006)<sup id="cite_ref-GRG_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GRG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Birefringence" title="Birefringence">Birefringence</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0.002–0.008<sup id="cite_ref-GRG_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GRG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pleochroism&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pleochroism (not yet started)">Pleochroism</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Blue stones</i> – strong, blue and yellow to colorless. Other colors are weak to very weak.<sup id="cite_ref-GRG_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GRG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dispersion_(optics)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dispersion (optics) (not yet started)">Dispersion</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0.013<sup id="cite_ref-GRG_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GRG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ultraviolet <a href="/wiki/Fluorescence" title="Fluorescence">fluorescence</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Yellow stones</i> – purplish-pink, which is stronger in long wave; <i>blue stones</i> – blue to light-blue in both long and short wave; <i>green stones</i> – greenish-yellow, which is stronger in long wave; <i>violet stones</i> – greenish-yellow in long wave, light-purple in short wave.<sup id="cite_ref-GRG_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GRG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Apatite</b> is a group of <a href="/wiki/Phosphate" title="Phosphate">phosphate</a> <a href="/wiki/Minerals" class="mw-redirect" title="Minerals">minerals</a> with high concentrations of <a href="/wiki/Hydroxide" title="Hydroxide">OH</a><sup>−</sup>, <a href="/wiki/Fluoride" title="Fluoride">F</a><sup>−</sup>, <a href="/wiki/Chloride" title="Chloride">Cl</a><sup>−</sup> or <a href="/wiki/Ion" title="Ion">ions</a>, respectively, in the <a href="/wiki/Crystal" title="Crystal">crystal</a>. </p><p>Apatite is characteristic of biological systems. It is one of a few minerals produced and used by biological micro-environmental systems. It hardness defines 5 on the <a href="/wiki/Mohs_scale_of_mineral_hardness" title="Mohs scale of mineral hardness">Mohs scale</a>. Hydroxyapatite is the main component of <a href="/wiki/Tooth_enamel" class="mw-redirect" title="Tooth enamel">tooth enamel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bone_mineral" class="mw-redirect" title="Bone mineral">bone mineral</a>. </p><p>Much <a href="/wiki/Bone" title="Bone">bone</a> material is in a relatively rare form of apatite. In this form most of the OH groups are absent, and there are many carbonate and acid phosphate substitutions. </p><p><b>Fluorapatite</b> (or fluoroapatite) is more resistant to acid attack than is hydroxyapatite. In the mid-20th century it was discovered that communities whose water supply naturally contained fluorine had lower rates of dental caries.<sup id="cite_ref-NICDR_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NICDR-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fluoridated water allows exchange in the <a href="/wiki/Tooth" title="Tooth">teeth</a> of fluoride ions for <a href="/wiki/Hydroxyl#Hydroxyl_group" title="Hydroxyl">hydroxyl groups</a> in apatite. Similarly, toothpaste often includes a source of fluoride <a href="/wiki/Anions" class="mw-redirect" title="Anions">anions</a> (e.g. sodium fluoride, sodium monofluorophosphate). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Apatite&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: References" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Apatite&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: References"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9724317">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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href="#cite_ref-GRG_1-3">1.03</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-GRG_1-4">1.04</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-GRG_1-5">1.05</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-GRG_1-6">1.06</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-GRG_1-7">1.07</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-GRG_1-8">1.08</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-GRG_1-9">1.09</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-GRG_1-10">1.10</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9724332">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>GIA Gem Reference Guide</i>. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gemological_Institute_of_America&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gemological Institute of America (not yet started)">Gemological Institute of America</a>. 1995. <a 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