High temperature processing is essential for the preparation of apatites for biomaterials,
lighting, waste removal and other applications. This requires a good understanding of the …

Biological apatite in enamel, dentin, cementum, and bone is highly individualized
hydroxyapatite with high tissue dependency. Often, standard and average textbook values …

Apatite is ubiquitous in igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks and is significant to
more fields of study than perhaps any other mineral. To help understand why, one needs to …

The production of purposely made painted or engraved designs on cave walls—a means of
recording and transmitting symbolic codes in a durable manner—is recognized as a major …

Apatite-group phosphates are nearly ubiquitous in carbonatites, but our understanding of
these minerals is inadequate, particularly in the areas of element partitioning and …

The garnet supergroup includes all minerals isostructural with garnet regardless of what
elements occupy the four atomic sites, ie, the supergroup includes several chemical classes …

Apatite is a common resistate mineral occurring in a range of host rocks and ore-related
hydrothermal alteration assemblages. Apatite in several porphyry copper deposits in British …

Peripheral nerve injury (PNI) often clinically relies on the use of nerve grafts taken from the
patient to establish a therapeutic effect, though secondary site of injury and morbidity have …

Synthesised hydroxyapatite (HAp) exhibits excellent biocompatibility, making it an ideal
candidate for use as a hard tissue substitute material. Nanoscale-size effects and surface …

The labyrinthine world of arsenic minerals has piqued the curiosity of many researchers in
mineralogy, geochemistry, chemistry, and environmental sciences. Arsenic was known to …