Apatite [ Ca5(PO4)3(OH,F,Cl) ]

Images of Apatite

Material properties

Formulas Ca5(PO4)3(OH,F,Cl), (Ca,Mn)5(PO4)3(OH,F,Cl)
Abbreviation Ap
Crystal symmetry Hexagonal, Point group 6/m, Space group P63/m (#176)
Classification Apatite (group)
Members Collophane, Hydroxylapatite, Chlorapatite, Fluorapatite
Variants pegmatite, synthetic, Mn, lunar
Related materials Apatite (group)
Luminescence emitters Cd, Ce, Dy, Er, Eu, Fe, Gd, Ho, Intrinsic, Mn, Nd, PO4 centre, Pr, REE, Sm, Tb, Tm, Unspecified, UO2, Yb
Reflectance lines PO4, RSC
Spectra Luminescence (5), Reflectance (3)
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Tags Informal, Orthophosphate, Phosphate, Synthetic

Composition

Element Wt%
H 0.07
Ca 39.36
P 18.25
O 38.76
F 1.24
Cl 2.32
Total: 100

References for Apatite

Reference
Lines Spectra Images
Barbarand & Pagel 2001 21 0 0
Bodył 2009 2 0 0
Gaft et al. 1998 28 0 0
Gaft et al. 2005 44 0 0
Hamblen 2003 0 0 4
Kempe & Götze 2002 11 0 0
Kuznetsov and Tarashchan 1988 3 0 0
Laukamp et al. 2021 6 0 0
Leverenz 1968 1 0 0
Mariano & Ring 1975 12 0 0
Marshall 1988 13 0 0
CSIRO CL spectra 2016 19 1 0
CSIRO/WUStL Apollo 12 (2019) 0 1 0
Pejcic et al. 2022 (EP2022-5804) 0 2 0
Pejcic et al. 2021 (EP2021-1148) 0 1 0
Portnov & Gorobets 1969 8 0 0
Roeder et al. 1987 10 0 0
Tarashchan 1978 151 0 0
Torpy et al. 2020, luminescence 6 2 1
Torpy et al. 2020, luminescence, other 0 2 0
CSIRO spectra 2015 (Cox's Bazar) 0 1 0

Specimens of Apatite

Name Owner Materials Image Spectra Techniques
Apatite (Durango) Hamblen, Prof James O., Georgia Tech Apatite 0 —
Apollo 12032-366-19x NASA Alkali feldspar (var. lunar), Apatite (var. lunar), Baddeleyite (var. lunar), Fayalite (var. lunar), Hedenbergite (var. lunar), Ilmenite (var. lunar), Merrillite (var. lunar), Plagioclase (var. lunar), Silica (var. lunar), Troilite (var. lunar), Zirconolite (var. lunar) 6 CL
KH-2 CSIRO Amphibole, Apatite, Augite, Biotite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorapatite, Enstatite, Forsterite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Pentlandite, Plagioclase, Pyrite, Pyroxene, Pyrrhotite 26 CL, EDS
M0973 Apatite CSIRO Apatite, Berlinite, Calcite, Fluorapatite 1 Reflectance
M1.2014 Apatite Western Australian Museum Apatite 0 —
M1155 Apatite (manganoan) CSIRO Apatite (var. Mn), Calcite, Fluorapatite, Muscovite, Muscovite-1M, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz 0 —
M1598 Apatite CSIRO Apatite, Berlinite, Calcite, Fluorapatite 2 Reflectance
S4665 Apatite Western Australian Museum Apatite 0 —
Tista 2020 D4 Shaker CSIRO Albite, Allanite-(Ce), Amphibole, Andesine, Apatite, Augite, Biotite, Bytownite, Chlorite (var. Mg, Fe), Epidote, Garnet, Grossular, Ilmenite, Ilmenite (var. Mn), K feldspar, Kyanite, Monazite-(Ce), Muscovite, Oligoclase, Pyroxene, Quartz, Staurolite, Titanite, Titanohematite, Xenotime-(Y), Zircon, Zoisite 46 CL, EDS
Tista 2020 D4 Zircon conc CSIRO Albite, Apatite, Biotite, Florencite-(Ce), Ilmenite, K feldspar, Kyanite, Monazite-(Ce), Muscovite, Plagioclase, Quartz, Rutile, Scheelite, Titanite, Zircon, Zoisite 27 CL, EDS