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whitlockite

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whitlockite [′wit‚lä‚kīt]
(mineralogy)
Ca9(Mg,Fe)H(PO4)7A rare mineral that forms hexagonal crystals.


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Burnstein et al performed x-ray diffraction and chemical analyses of six parotid gland stones and found that the three major crystalline components were apatite, magnesium-substituted whitlockite, and octacalcium phosphate.
Since the x-ray powder patterns of whitlockite and [beta]-TCP or Mg-containing [beta]-TCP are not easily distinguished, the names have been used interchangeably and synonymously.
 
 
 
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