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General Svabite Information

Chemical Formula:

Ca5(AsO4)3F

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 636.15 gm

Calcium 31.50 % Ca 44.08 % CaO

Arsenic 35.33 % As 54.20 % As₂O₅

Oxygen 30.18 % O

Fluorine 2.99 % F 2.99 % F

- % F -1.26 % -O=F₂

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Ca₅(AsO₄)₃F

Environment:

Contact metamorphic and metasomatized rocks.

IMA Status:

Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1891

Locality:

Harsig mine, Pajsberg, Varmland, Sweden. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for Anton Svab (1703-1768), Swedish mining official.

Svabite Image

Images:

Svabite

Comments: Prismatic white crystals of svabite on matrix.
Location: Harstig mine, Pajsberg, Varmland, Sweden. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Svabite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:0.70974

Cell Dimensions:

a = 9.75, c = 6.92, Z = 2; V = 569.70 Den(Calc)= 3.71

Crystal System:

Hexagonal - DipyramidalH-M Symbol (6/m) Space Group: P 6₃/m

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By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.91(1), 2.82(0.9), 2.84(0.9),

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Physical Properties of Svabite

Cleavage:

[1010] Indistinct

Color:

Colorless, Gray, Gray green, Yellowish white.

Density:

3.5 - 3.8, Average = 3.65

Diaphaniety:

Transparent

Fracture:

Brittle - Generally displayed by glasses and most non-metallic minerals.

Habit:

Crystalline - Poor - Occurs primarily as crudely formed crystals.

Habit:

Hexagonal - Six-sided crystal shape in cross-section or habit.

Hardness:

4-5 - Fluorite-Apatite

Luminescence:

Fluorescent and cathodoluminescent, Short UV=red orange.

Luster:

Vitreous - Resinous

Magnetism:

Nonmagnetic

Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Svabite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= -0.058 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.041 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1892,KPDmeas= 0.1923,KC= 0.1818

Optical Data:

Uniaxial (-), e=1.698, w=1.706, bire=0.0080.

Calculated Properties of Svabite

Electron Density:

r_electron=3.55 gm/cc
note: r_Svabite=3.71 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.00057
Boson Index = 0.99943

Photoelectric:

PE_Svabite= 27.97 barns/electron
U=PE_Svabite x r_electron= 99.19 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Svabite is Not Radioactive

Svabite Classification

Dana Class:

41.8.3.1 (41)Anhydrous Phosphates, etc. Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen

(41.8)where (A)5 (XO4)3 Zq

(41.8.3)Dana Group

41.8.3.1 Svabite Ca5(AsO4)3F P 6₃/m 6/m

41.8.3.2 Turneaureite Ca5[(As,P)O4]3Cl P 6₃/m 6/m

41.8.3.3 Johnbaumite Ca5(AsO4)3(OH) P 6₃/m,P 6₃ Hex

41.8.3.4 Fermorite (Ca,Sr)5(AsO4,PO4)3(OH) P 6₃/m 6/m

Strunz Class:

VII/B.39-60 VII - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates

VII/B - Waterfree phosphates with unfamiliar anions F, Cl, O, OH. cations of medium and big size: Mg, Cu, Zn, and Ca, Na, K, Ba, Pb

VII/B.39 - Apatite - Pyromorphite group

VII/B.39-10 Fluorapatite Ca5(PO4)3F P 6₃/m 6/m

VII/B.39-20 Chlorapatite Ca5(PO4)3Cl P 6₃/m 6/m

VII/B.39-30 Hydroxylapatite Ca5(PO4)3(OH) P 6₃/m 6/m

VII/B.39-40 Carbonate-hydroxylapatite Ca5(PO4,CO3)3(OH) P 6₃/m 6/m

VII/B.39-50 Carbonate-fluorapatite Ca5(PO4,CO3)3F P 6₃/m 6/m

VII/B.39-60 Svabite Ca5(AsO4)3F P 6₃/m 6/m

VII/B.39-70 Turneaureite Ca5[(As,P)O4]3Cl P 6₃/m 6/m

VII/B.39-80 Johnbaumite Ca5(AsO4)3(OH) P 6₃/m,P 6₃ Hex

VII/B.39-90 Fermorite (Ca,Sr)5(AsO4,PO4)3(OH) P 6₃/m 6/m

VII/B.39-95 Fluorcaphite! (Ca,Sr,Ce,Na)5(PO4)3F P 6₃ 6

VII/B.39-100 Strontium-apatite (Sr,Ca)5(PO4)3(F,OH) P 6₃/m 6/m

VII/B.39-110 Belovite-(Ce) (Sr,Ce,Na,Ca)5(PO4)3(OH) P 3 3

VII/B.39-115 Belovite-(La)! (Sr,La,Ce,Ca)5(PO4)3(F,OH) P 3 3

VII/B.39-117 Kuannersuite-(Ce)! Ba6Na2REE2(PO4)6FCl P 3 3

VII/B.39-120 Alforsite Ba5(PO4)3Cl P 6₃/m 6/m

VII/B.39-130 Morelandite (Ba,Ca,Pb)5(AsO4,PO4)3Cl P 6₃/m,P 6₃ Hex

VII/B.39-140 Hedyphane Ca2Pb3(AsO4)3Cl P 6₃/m 6/m

VII/B.39-150 Pyromorphite Pb5(PO4)3Cl P 6₃/m 6/m

VII/B.39-160 Mimetite Pb5(AsO4)3Cl P 6₃/m 6/m

VII/B.39-165 Clinomimetite Pb5(AsO4)3Cl P 2₁/b 2/m

VII/B.39-170 Vanadinite Pb5(VO4)3Cl P 6₃/m 6/m

Other Svabite Information

References:

NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)

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Svabite

Ca5(AsO4)3F
Dana No: 41.8.3.1 Strunz No: VII/B.39-60
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