Crossword-Solution: PHOSPHORITE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Phosphorite | n. | A massive variety of apatite. |
We have 2 clues for the answer “PHOSPHORITE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| APATITE | 1 answer |
| NONCRYSTALLINE form of apatite | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects,
spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally
unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of
growth.
Hint 2 anagram
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Coprolites 373 Canadian apatite or phosphorite 374 Estremadura or Spanish phosphates 375 Norwegian apatite 376 Charlestown or South Carolina phosphate 376 Belgian phosphate 377 Somme phosphate 378 Florida phosphate 378 Lahn phosphate 379 Bordeaux or French phosphate 379 Algerian phosphate 379 Crust guanos 379 Value of mineral phosphates as manures 380 APPENDIX TO CHAPTER XII.
This apatite, or phosphorite, is found in certain parts of the world in large masses; but as a rule, it only occurs in small quantities in most rocks.
This was superseded by coprolites and Estremadura phosphorite, Suffolk coprolites being for many years the chief material employed.
Now, the solubility of Thomas-slag in citrate of ammonia was found by Professor Wagner to be no less than 74 per cent, while that of phosphorite only amounted to 4 per cent.
Professor Fleischer has also tested the comparative solubility of basic slag and phosphorite, by boiling them in a solution of acetic acid.