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Svabite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Tjaktjajaure, Ultevis, Jokkmokk, Norrbotten County, Sweden
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

hexagonal white long-prismatic crystals,  with pale rose hyalophane crystals and brownish andradite. Very good specimens from a very inaccessible location

Mineral Data
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Svabite

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