The cited informal list was circulated was partly based on traditional identifications. The "svabite" reported by Palache (1935) was annotated: "The analysis yields a rather poor molecular ratio for an apatite but is unmistakably that of a member of the apatite group, as confirmed by the crystallographic character." The analysis for fluorine, coupled with the calculation of O = F, ambiguously places the recalculated composition at the almost perfectly median boundary of the johnbaumite-svabite series. It is evident that johnbaumite named by Dunn, Donald Peacor, and N. Newberry in 1980 superseded previous svabite reports. Dunn (1995) declared that there were no known chemical analyses for Franklin Mining District svabite. Purported "analyzed" svabite specimens are sometimes offered for sale, but there is never a genuine chemical analysis provided.

Confirmation

Validity:

Erroneously Reported

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

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Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

846469

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:846469:9

GUID (UUID V4):

71105f96-6411-4b93-8c70-4d5ebd3eae3f

Nearest other occurrences of Svabite

0.8km (0.5 miles)

ⓘ Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA

1.0km (0.6 miles)

ⓘ Buckwheat dump mineral collecting site, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA

References

FOMS Millsite Committee (1986) (circa), List of Mineral Species Found on the Franklin Mill Site, Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society (unpublished).

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Svabite from Mill site dump, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA

Svabite from
Mill site dump, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA