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ap·a·tite

n :  any of a group of calcium phosphate minerals occurring variously as hexagonal crystals, as granular masses, or in fine-grained masses as the chief constituent of bones and teeth and of phosphate rock : esp  :  calcium phosphate fluoride Ca5F(PO4)3 .
 
 
 
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