In its contiguous zone, a coastal State may exercise the control necessary to prevent the infringement of its customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary laws and regulations within its territory or territorial sea, and punish infringement of those laws and regulations committed within its territory or territorial sea.
Apatite is the most common phosphate mineral, and is the main source of the phosphorus required by plants. The bones and teeth of most animals, including humans, are composed of calcium phosphate, which is the same material as Apatite.
A mineral related to apatite which is the main inorganic constituent of tooth enamel and bone, although it is rare in rocks. Example sentences. 1  The most familiar apatite derivative is hydroxyapatite, the bulk mineral constituent of bone. Bone consists of collagen banded fibrils sprinkled with tiny crystals of the mineral hydroxyapatite, which is basically calcium phosphate. 2  A less popular âfiller âfor wrinkles is made from calcium hydroxyapatite, a substance used to replace missing bone.â.