| Locality type: | Mine Dump |
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| Species: | Svabite |
| Formula: | Ca5(AsO4)3F |
| Comments: | 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 It is evident that johnbaumite named by Dunn, Donald Peacor, and N. Newberry in 1980 superseded previous svabite reports.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. |
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| Validity: | Erroneously Reported |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Svabite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Mill site dump, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 846469 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:846469:9 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 71105f96-6411-4b93-8c70-4d5ebd3eae3f |
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| 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 |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Journal (issue) | | TH 30 ANNIVERSARY ISSUES TABL JOURNAL of the FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. SPRING...International License. THE THIRTIETH The Society The Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society was founded in...Society's formation followed the closing of the Franklin Mine by five years and the publication of Palache's...operation of a sound permanent museum for Franklin minerals in Franklin, NJ. 2) To collect and preserve mineralogical...relating to the Franklin-Sterling Hill ore deposits. 3) To develop new information on Franklin minerals and |
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