Oct 18
APATITE – FOOD, GEMSTONE or FERTILIZER – WHAT A NAME
Posted by: Editor in NAMES, SCIENCE GENERAL, TRIVIA Add commentsApatite
A mineral for hungry people? Apatite is a phosphate mineral with the composition Ca5[PO4]3(OH,F,Cl). It has been used extensively as a phosphorus fertilizer and is still mined for that purpose today. The mineral called “asparagus stone” is a appropriately a type of green apatite. Ironically, apatite is the mineral that makes up the teeth in all vertebrate animals as well as their bones.
The gem material makes a great faceted stone.
Thanks to ‘Sparkly’ Sally Ewen for suggesting this molecule and to Sean and to Kay Dekker for some info about it.
Sourced and published by Henry Sapiecha 18th October 2009
May 19th, 2010 at 7:24 pm
my favorite gemstone is none other than diamond. the most expensive and priceless gemstone ever.*’-
May 23rd, 2010 at 2:54 pm
great post here as always wroth checking like usual when i come here