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Phosphorite :: Phosphorite (n.) A massive variety of apatite.

Apatite :: Apatite (n.) Native phosphate of lime, occurring usually in six-sided prisms, color often pale green, transparent or translucent..

Osteolite :: Osteolite (n.) A massive impure apatite, or calcium phosphate..

Moroxite :: Moroxite (n.) A variety of apatite of a greenish blue color.

Phosphorus :: Phosphorus (n.) A poisonous nonmetallic element of the nitrogen group, obtained as a white, or yellowish, translucent waxy substance, having a characteristic disagreeable smell. It is very active chemically, must be preserved under water, and unites with oxygen even at ordinary temperatures, giving a faint glow, -- whence its name. It always occurs compined, usually in phosphates, as in the mineral apatite, in bones, etc. It is used in the composition on the tips of friction matches, and for man

Francolite :: Francolite (n.) A variety of apatite from Wheal Franco in Devonshire.

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