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apatite

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ap=a=tite

CIDE DICTIONARY

apatiten. [Gr. deceit, fr. to deceive; it having been often mistaken for other minerals.].
     Native phosphate of lime, occurring usually in six-sided prisms, color often pale green, transparent or translucent.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

apatite, n. a naturally occurring crystalline mineral of calcium phosphate and fluoride, used in the manufacture of fertilizers.

Etymology
G Apatit f. Gk apate deceit (from its deceptive forms)

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