Svabite

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Svabite occurs in knots of gray, granular, cleavable massive grains to 1 mm and caryopilite is present as granular massive, platy, brown aggregates. From the Harstigen mine, Persberg district, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden.

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Properties

Formula Ca5(AsO4)3F
Abbreviation Sva
Classifications Minerals containing AsO4, Apatite (group)
Luminescence emitter Mn
IMA Status Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1891
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Tags Mineral, Arsenate

Composition

Element Atoms
O 12
As 3
F 1
Ca 5
Total: 21

Reference

Reference
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Gorobets 1981 2 0 0