Research Article

The Identification and Synthesis of Lead Apatite Minerals Formed in Lead Water Pipes

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Lead mineral scale. X-ray powder diffraction patterns of lead pipes P1–P14 together with published reference spectra of oxide, carbonate, and phosphate minerals taken from the JCPDS and RRUFF databases. The prominent apatite peaks are shaded and the pattern for pyromorphite is indexed.