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Svabite Mineral Data + |
General Svabite Information |
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| Ca5(AsO4)3F | |||
| Molecular Weight = 636.15 gm | |||
| Calcium 31.50 % Ca 44.08 % CaO | |||
| Arsenic 35.33 % As 54.20 % As2O5 | |||
| Oxygen 30.18 % O | |||
| Fluorine 2.99 % F 2.99 % F | |||
| - % F -1.26 % -O=F2 | |||
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| 100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
| Ca5(AsO4)3F | |||
| Contact metamorphic and metasomatized rocks. | |||
| Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1891 | |||
| Harsig mine, Pajsberg, Varmland, Sweden. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | |||
| Named for Anton Svab (1703-1768), Swedish mining official. | |||
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Svabite Crystallography |
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| a:c = 1:0.70974 | |||
| a = 9.75, c = 6.92, Z = 2; V = 569.70 Den(Calc)= 3.71 | |||
| Hexagonal - DipyramidalH-M Symbol (6/m) Space Group: P 63/m | |||
| By Intensity(I/Io): 2.91(1), 2.82(0.9), 2.84(0.9), | |||
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Physical Properties of Svabite |
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| [1010] Indistinct | |||
| Colorless, Gray, Gray green, Yellowish white. | |||
| 3.5 - 3.8, Average = 3.65 | |||
| Transparent | |||
| Brittle - Generally displayed by glasses and most non-metallic minerals. | |||
| Crystalline - Poor - Occurs primarily as crudely formed crystals. | |||
| Hexagonal - Six-sided crystal shape in cross-section or habit. | |||
| 4-5 - Fluorite-Apatite | |||
| Fluorescent and cathodoluminescent, Short UV=red orange. | |||
| Vitreous - Resinous | |||
| Nonmagnetic | |||
| white | |||
Optical Properties of Svabite |
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| CI meas= -0.058 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) CI calc= -0.041 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC) KPDcalc= 0.1892,KPDmeas= 0.1923,KC= 0.1818 |
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| Uniaxial (-), e=1.698, w=1.706, bire=0.0080. | |||
Calculated Properties of Svabite |
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relectron=3.55 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index = 0.00057 Boson Index = 0.99943 |
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PESvabite = 27.97 barns/electron |
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| GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Svabite is Not Radioactive |
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Svabite Classification |
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| 41.8.3.1 (41)Anhydrous Phosphates, etc. Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen | |||
| (41.8)where (A)5 (XO4)3 Zq | |||
| (41.8.3)Dana Group | |||
| VII/B.39-60 VII - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| VII/B - Waterfree phosphates with unfamiliar anions F, Cl, O, OH. cations of medium and big size: Mg, Cu, Zn, and Ca, Na, K, Ba, Pb | |||
| VII/B.39 - Apatite - Pyromorphite group | |||
Other Svabite Information |
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| NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) | |||
| Links to other databases for Svabite : 1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris 5 - Franklin Minerals(Palache) 6 - Google Images 7 - Google Scholar 8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 10 - MinDAT 11 - MinMax(Deutsch) 12 - MinMax(English) 13 - Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom 14 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 15 - QUT Mineral Atlas 16 - Ruff.Info 17 - Scandinavian mineral gallery 18 - WWW-MINCRYST Search for Svabite using: Visit our Advertisers for Svabite : AA Mineral SpecimensB & L Fine Minerals Dan Weinrich Fine Minerals Dan Weinrich Auctions Excalibur Minerals Exceptional Minerals Fabre Minerals Greenside Minerals Heliodor John Betts Fine Minerals Mason's Minerals Mineral News Mineral of the Month Club MineralsWeb Fine Minerals The GeoZone Wrights Rock Shop Translate Svabite Mineral Data : Ask about Svabite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Svabite Specimen Label here :
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