Associations to the word «Apatite»

Wiktionary

APATITE, noun. (mineral) A calcium fluoride phosphate of variable composition, sometimes used in the manufacture of fertilizer.

Dictionary definition

APATITE, noun. A common complex mineral consisting of calcium fluoride phosphate or calcium chloride phosphate; a source of phosphorus.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope