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Svabite & Tilasite

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Svabite & Tilasite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.6 × 5.2 × 2.7 cm
Description

Bicolor specimen of Langban. The svabite fluoresces intensive orange and tilasite shows a dark red fluorescence. A special uv combination of Langban.

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

Tilasite

Formula: 
CaMg(AsO4)F
Strunz: 
8.BH.10
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden