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Formula: Ca5(AsO4)3F
Valence: Ca5(As5+O4)3F
Anhydrous arsenate,
apatite group,
apatite supergroup
Crystal System: Hexagonal
Specific gravity: 3.5 to 3.8
Hardness: 4 to 5
Streak: White
Colour: Colourless, light yellow, gray, light brown; colourless in transmitted light.
Solubility: Soluble in acids
Common impurities: Pb,Mg,Mn2+,O,H,OH,Cl,P
Environments:
Svabite is a rare accessory mineral in calc-silicate skarn
(Mindat).
Localities
At the Långban mine, Långban Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden, svabite occurs with with manganoan diopside,
tilasite,
manganberzeliite,
bergslagite, hematite,
calcite, baryte,
mica and garnet
(Dana, HOM).
Svabite from the Långban mine -
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At the type locality, the Jakobsberg Mine, Jakobsberg ore field, Nordmark District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden,
svabite occurs with hausmannite
(HOM).
Svabite from the Jakobsberg ore field -
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At the Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Persberg ore district, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden, svabite occurs with
manganoan diopside, manganoan
aegirine,
garnet, brandtite and
sarkinite
(Dana, HOM).
Svabite (?) from the Harstigen Mine -
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In the Ural Mountains of Russia svabite occurs with vesuvianite in
pyroxene-garnet assemblages
and in zones with
spodumene, which alters to
szaibelyite and
brucite
(Dana).
At the Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA, svabite occurs
embedded in franklinite ore
(Dana).
Svabite from the Franklin Mine -
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