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Svabite & Tilasite

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Svabite & Tilasite

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Description
Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Pinkish crystals of the rare mineral svabite from the type locality Langban, associated to yellowish orange tilasite. Both arsenate minerals are fluorescent.

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

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