chlorapatite

English

Etymology

From chlor- +‎ apatite.

Noun

chlorapatite (countable and uncountable, plural chlorapatites)

1. (mineralogy) A variety of apatite containing chloride instead of fluoride.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Chlorapatite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “chlorapatite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.