Phosphates: Geochemical, Geobiological, and Materials Importance

Dedication......Page 2
Foreword & Preface......Page 3
Table of Contents......Page 5
1. The Crystal Structure of Apatite, Ca5(PO4)3(F,OH,Cl)......Page 25
13. Compositions of the Apatite-Group Minerals:
Substitution Mechanisms and Controlling Factors......Page 37
51. Growth and Surface Properties of Apatite......Page 74
87. Synthesis, Structure, and Properties of
Monazite, Pretulite, and Xenotime......Page 110
123. The Crystal Chemistry of the Phosphate Minerals......Page 145
Appendix, tables......Page 258
255. Apatite in Igneous Systems......Page 276
293. Apatite, Monazite, and Xenotime in Metamorphic Rocks......Page 314
337. Electron Microprobe Analysis of REE in Apatite,
Monazite and Xenotime: Protocols and Pitfalls......Page 357
363. Sedimentary Phosphorites—An Example:
Phosphoria Formation, Southeastern Idaho, U.S.A.......Page 383
391. The Global Phosphorus Cycle......Page 410
427. Calcium Phosphate Biominerals......Page 445
455. Stable Isotope Compositions of Biological Apatite......Page 472
489. Trace Elements in Recent and Fossil Bone Apatite......Page 506
524. U-Th-Pb Dating of Phosphate Minerals......Page 539
559. (U-Th)/He Dating of Phosphates:
Apatite, Monazite, and Xenotime......Page 575
579. Fission Track Dating of Phosphate Minerals
and the Thermochronology of Apatite......Page 594
631. Biomedical Application of Apatites......Page 646
673. Phosphates as Nuclear Waste Forms......Page 688
701. Apatite Luminescence......Page 715