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Svabite & Calcite

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Svabite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 2.6 × 1.8 cm
Description

Light grey calcite matrix with a vein of light brown svabite. Under short wave UV light the calcite produces a bright red colour and the svabite a bright orange colour. The UV photos were taken under an 8W short wave lamp.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Svabite

Formula: 
Ca5(AsO4)3F
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jakobsberg Mine, Nordmark (Nordmarksberg), Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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