Phosphates : geochemical, geobiological, and materials importance /

Includes bibliographical references.Crystal structure of apatite, Ca₅(PO₄)₃(F,OH,Cl) / John M. Hughes, John Rakovan -- Compositions of the apatite-group minerals : substitution mechanisms and controlling factors / Yuanming Pan, Michael E. Fleet -- Growth and surface properties of apatite / John Rakovan -- Synthesis, structure, and properties of monazite, pretulite, and xenotime / Lynn A. Boatner -- Crystal chemistry of the phosphate minerals / Danielle M. C. Huminicki, Frank C. Hawthorne -- Apatite in igneous systems / Philip M. Piccoli, Philip A. Candela -- Apatite, monazite and xenotime in metamorphic rocks / Frank S. Spear, Joseph M. Pyle -- Electron microprobe analysis of REE in apatite, monazite and xenotime : protocols and pitfalls / Joseph M. Pyle, Frank S. Spear, David A. Wark -- Sedimentary phosphorites--an example : phosphoria formation, southeastern Idaho, U.S.A. / Andrew C. Knudsen, Mickey E. Gunter -- Global phosphorus cycle / Gabriel M. Filippelli -- Calcium phosphate biominerals / James C. Elliott -- Stable isotope compositions of biological apatite / Matthew J. Kohn, Thure E. Cerling -- Trace elements in recent and fossil bone apatite / Clive N. Trueman, Noreen Tuross -- U-Th-Pb dating of phosphate minerals / T. Mark Harrison, Elizabeth J. Catlos, Jean-Marc Montel -- (U-Th)/He dating of phosphates : apatite, monazite, and xenotime / Kenneth A. Farley, Daniel F. Stockli -- Fission track dating of phosphate minerals and the thermochronology of apatite / Andrew J. W. Gleadow e. a. / Biomedical application of apatites / Karlis A. Gross, Christopher C. Berndt -- Phosphates as nuclear waste forms / Rodney C. Ewing, LuMin Wang -- Apatite luminescence / Glenn A. Waychunas