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Calcium phosphate is the name given to a family of minerals containing calcium ions (Ca<sup>2+</sup>) together with orthophosphates (PO<sub>4</sub><sup>3-</sup>), metaphosphates or pyrophosphates (P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub><sup>4-</sup>) and occasionally hydrogen or hydroxide ions.