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Apatite

Its Crystal Chemistry, Mineralogy, Utilization, and Geologic and Biologic Occurrences

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  • © 1973

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Authors:
  1. Duncan McConnell

    1. Ohio State University, Columbus, USA

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Part of the book series: Applied Mineralogy Technische Mineralogie (MINERALOGY, volume 5)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVI
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  2. Introduction

    • Duncan McConnell
    Pages 1-4

  3. Earlier Work on Apatite

    • Duncan McConnell
    Pages 5-10

  4. Physical Properties

    • Duncan McConnell
    Pages 11-16

  5. Structure

    • Duncan McConnell
    Pages 17-21

  6. Crystal Chemistry

    • Duncan McConnell
    Pages 22-32

  7. Synthetic Apatites: Applications

    • Duncan McConnell
    Pages 33-38

  8. Carbonate Apatites

    • Duncan McConnell
    Pages 39-47

  9. Phosphorites

    • Duncan McConnell
    Pages 48-55

  10. Geology: Igneous and Metamorphic Occurrences

    • Duncan McConnell
    Pages 56-67

  11. Biologic Apatites

    • Duncan McConnell
    Pages 68-80

  12. Critique

    • Duncan McConnell
    Pages 81-86

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 87-111
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About this book

The preparation of a volume on this topic was undertaken with some hesitancy on my part because the ramifications of the mineralogy of apatite involve both bio­ logical and physical sciences in very elaborate ways. This hesitancy may have arisen in part from the realization that considerable skill would be required in order to extract the meaning from the thousands of papers that have appeared within the past twenty years; the task of attempting to extract and assemble the usable information seemed gigantic. Greatly adding to the difficulty was the fact that a considerable portion of these journal articles contain nothing of value and further confuse a most complex topic. Nevertheless, it was thought that some of my formal education in the bio­ logical sciences, which has been greatly extended and augmented during the past fifteen years, might be integrated with my more extensive education and experience in chemistry, crystallography, mineralogy, geology and physics in order to pro­ duce something that would relate to the mineral apatite and its extremely diverse occurences in nature. At the same time it seemed essential to point out some of the many important aspects in which this knowledge bears on geology, agriculture, chemical engineering, medicine and dentistry.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Ohio State University, Columbus, USA

    Duncan McConnell

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Apatite

  • Book Subtitle: Its Crystal Chemistry, Mineralogy, Utilization, and Geologic and Biologic Occurrences

  • Authors: Duncan McConnell

  • Series Title: Applied Mineralogy Technische Mineralogie

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8314-4

  • Publisher: Springer Vienna

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag/Wien 1973

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7091-8316-8Published: 10 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-7091-8314-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0066-5487

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 111

  • Topics: Mineralogy, Computation by Abstract Devices

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