| Name: | Chlorapatite Clap |
| IMA Chemistry: | Ca5(PO4)3Cl |
| Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Chlorapatite contains elements: Calcium (Ca) Phosphorus (P) Oxygen (O) Chlorine (Cl) |
| Country of Type Locality: | Austria / Germany / Spain / Switzerland |
| Year First Published: | 1860 |
| IMA Status: | Approved,Renamed |
| Status Notes: | Rose G (1827) Ueber die chemische Zusammensetzung der Apatite. Annalen der Physik und Chemie 85, 185-214 Name changed from chlorapatite to apatite-(CaCl): Burke E A J (2008) Tidying up mineral names: an IMA-CNMNC scheme for suffixes, hyphens and diacritical marks, The Mineralogical Record 39, 131-135 Name changed from apatite-(CaCl) back to chlorapatite. The monoclinic variant is defined as chlorapatite-M and is not a distinct species: Pasero M, Kampf A R, Ferraris C, Pekov I V, Rakovan J R, White T J (2010) Nomenclature of the apatite supergroup minerals, European Journal of Mineralogy 22, 163-179 |
| Structural Group Name: | Apatite |
| Fleischer's Group Name: | apatite |
| Crystal Systems: | hexagonal|monoclinic |
| Oldest Known Age: | 4330 Million Years Ago |
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