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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Apatite
Britannica 11thAPATITE, a widely distributed mineral, which, when found in large masses, is of considerable economic value as a phosphate. As a mineral species it was first recognized by A. G. Werner in 1786 and named by him from the Greek &raray, to deceive, because it had ...
Vol. 2, pp. 159-160
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Apotactitei
Britannica 11thAPOTACTITEI, or ApotAcna (from Gr. drorcurfe, set apart), a sect of early Christians, who renounced all their worldly possessions. (See APOSTOLICI ad inil.)
Vol. 2, pp. 205-205
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Apalachicola
Britannica 11th... ounty-seat of Franklin county, Florida, U.S.A., in the N.W. part of the APAMEA— APATITE '59 state, on Apalachirola Bay and at the mouth of the ApalachicoU river. Pop. (1800) 2727; (1900) 3077, of whom 1580 were of ru-j;ro descent; (1005) 3244; (iQio) 3065. It ...
Vol. 2, pp. 158-159
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Asparagus
Britannica 11th... riculture, Bureau of Entomology, May 1908. The " asparagus-stone " is a form of apatite, simulating asparagus in colour.
Vol. 2, pp. 765-765
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Enstatite
Britannica 11th... als, a foot in length and mostly altered to steatite, were found in 1874 in the apatite veins traversing mica-schist' and hornblende-schist at the apatite mine of Kjorrestad, near Brevig in southern Norway. Isolated crystals are of rare occurrence, the mineral ...
Vol. 9, pp. 654-654
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