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1 result for APATITE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Oct 28, 1995	40D	Mineral in the teeth	Chuck Deodene	Shortz

1 result for APATITE from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Oct 31, 2004	Acrostic	U	Mineral whose hardness defines 5 on the Mohs scale	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

7 results for APATITE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jun 9, 1988	4D	Calcium phosphate mineral	Robert O. Dillman	Maleska
Tue Feb 21, 1984	52A	Ingredient of most bones and teeth	Nancy McCarthy	Maleska
Sun Nov 27, 1983	73D	Hungry-sounding mineral	Jack R. Harnes, M.D.	Maleska
Sun Aug 22, 1976	47D	Phosphate mineral	DeWitt Anderson	Weng
Thu Nov 21, 1974	52A	Phosphate mineral	DeWitt Anderson	Weng
Sat Dec 9, 1972	2D	Phosphate mineral	Unknown	Weng
Sun Feb 6, 1949	142A	Green mineral.	G. A. K. Sutton	Farrar

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