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Svabite

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Svabite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.4 × 6 × 3.1 cm
Description

A nice svabite of Langban. The specimen shows a intensive orange and minor calcite with bright 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