FLUORAPATITE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A form of apatite in which fluorine predominates over chlorine

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("fluorapatite" is a kind of...):

apatite (a common complex mineral consisting of calcium fluoride phosphate or calcium chloride phosphate; a source of phosphorus)

Meronyms (substance of "fluorapatite"):

atomic number 9; F; fluorine (a nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite)

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