Pseudomorphic replacement of single calcium carbonate crystals by polycrystalline apatite

During chemical weathering and natural hydrothermal reactions, apatite can form by replacing calcium carbonates. In hydrothermal experiments in which aragonite and calcite single crystals have been reacted with phosphate solutions, the carbonates are replaced by polycrystalline hydroxylapatite (HAP)...

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Main Authors: Kasioptas, A., Perdikouri, C., Putnis, Christine, Putnis, Andrew
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2008
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14216