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Strangely enough - it's called Calcium Phosphate.

Calcium ions are +2 charge (Ca2+) because it is a group 2 metal, and readily loses 2 electrons.

The phosphate ion has a 3+ charge (it's PO43+)

And so the formula must be Ca3(PO4)2

This is sometimes known as 'tricalcium phosphate', but that's really more detail than you need from a name!

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