apatite

== English == === Etymology === From international scientific vocabulary, from German Apatit (“apatite”). Apatit was coined by the German geologist Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749–1817), as follows: Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πᾰ́τη (ăpắtē, “deceit, fraud”) (as it is often mistaken for other minerals) + German -it (suffix forming nouns denoting minerals or rocks; cognate with English -ite); the German word was first used in a 1786 book. Regarding minerals that were named for being deceptive and thus confused with others, compare also fool's gold. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæpətaɪt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæpəˌtaɪt/ Homophone: appetite (GA pronunciation) Hyphenation: apat‧ite === Noun === apatite (countable and uncountable, plural apatites) (mineralogy) A calcium fluoride phosphate of variable composition, sometimes used in the manufacture of fertilizer, as a gemstone, and (in powdered form) as a pigment, and also produced biologically in bones and teeth. ==== Usage notes ==== Not to be confused with appetite. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === apatite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “apatite”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2026. David Barthelmy (1997–2026), “Apatite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database. == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.paˈti.te/ Rhymes: -ite Hyphenation: a‧pa‧tì‧te === Noun === apatite f (plural apatiti) (mineralogy) apatite ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === apatite in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === patiate