Article: Apatite.(Jewel of the Month)

Renewed Mining at the Western Quarries of Mount Apatite, Maine.
Rocks & Minerals;  January 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... including the remarkable Roebling apatite, now in the collection of ... tourmaline has been known from Mount Apatite since 1839, it was not until ... addition, Perry found the finest apatites from any American locality ... on the western side of Mount Apatite began in 1901 by Pitt P. Pulsifer ...

Article: ORTHOPAEDICS: Apatite-organic polymer composites may prove ...
Biomedical Materials;  February 1, 1996 ;     399 words ... ... Kyoto University believe they have found apatite-polymer composites that may prove useful ... scientists created a dense and uniform apatite layer about 20 pm thick formed on a poly ... discharge in oxygen, They then implanted the apatite-polymer composite obtained into a rabbit ...

Article: In vitro apatite formation is good screening test for in ...
Biotech Week;  March 19, 2003 ;     691 words ... ... from Japan has shown that "evaluating apatite formation in simulated body fluid is a ... in vivo bioactivity with the in vitro apatite-forming ability of biomaterials. Granules ... subscript]2 glasses, showing different apatite-forming ability in simulated body fluid ...

Article: Nanocrystalline apatite-based biomaterials.(Brief ...
SciTech Book News;  June 1, 2009 ;     500 words ... ... on nanocrystalline apatite composition, structure ... of nanocrystalline apatites involved in the preparation ... of nanocrystalline apatites. Physico-chemical ... of nanocrystalline apatites are presented, and examples of apatite-based biomaterials ...

Article: Beneficiation of apatite rock phosphates by calcination: ...
Australian Journal of Soil Research;  March 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Introduction Most rock phosphates (RPs) are apatite-bearing rocks that contain enough phosphorus ... Carolina, and Sechura contain francolite (carbonate apatite) as the major apatite mineral, while Queensland and Christmas Island ...

Article: Apatite fission track implications for timing of ...
Journal of Geosciences;  December 31, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Bohemian Massif were subjected to apatite fission track (AFT) and K ... subvolcanic bodies. Instead, apatites from these rocks are believed ... Bohemian Massif, fission tracks, apatite, K-Ar dating, volcanic ... ages were also subjected to apatite fission track dating. Surprisingly ...

Article: Apatit reduces apatite concentrate output 2% in 2007.
Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire;  January 24, 2008 ;     444 words ...Apatit reduces apatite concentrate output 2% in 2007 MOSCOW ... part of the PhosAgro holding, reduced apatite concentrate output 2% in 2007 to 8 ... increased 19% to 1 million tonnes. Apatite and nepheline ore output increased 1 ...