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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
Diaphaneity:
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 Ncalc = 1.64 - 1.69
Optical Data:
Uniaxial (-), e=1.698, w=1.706, bire=0.0080.
Calculated Properties of Svabite
Electron Density:
Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.55 gm/cc note: Specific Gravity of Svabite =3.71 gm/cc.
Fermion Index:
Fermion Index = 0.0005701255 Boson Index = 0.9994298745
Photoelectric:
PESvabite = 27.97 barns/electron U=PESvabite x rElectron Density= 99.19 barns/cc.
Radioactivity:
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Svabite is Not Radioactive
Svabite Classification
Dana Class:
41.08.03.01(41)Anhydrous Phosphates, etc. Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen
Chemical Formula: 
