fermorite Min.
(ˈfɜːməraɪt)
[f. name of Sir Lewis Fermor (1880–1954), of the Geological Survey of India: see -ite1.]
An arsenate and phosphate of calcium and strontium in the apatite group.
| 1910 Prior & Smith in Nature 23 June 513/1 The name fermorite, after Dr. L. L. Fermor, of the Geological Survey of India,..is proposed for this analogue. 1938 Amer. Mineralogist XXIII. 11 Fermorite is an example of the substitution of Sr for Ca but this mineral also shows an appreciable substitution of As for P. 1959 [see ellestadite]. |