Category Phosphate minerals Strunz classification 8.BL.05 Space group R3m | Formula(repeating unit) SrAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 Crystal system Trigonal | |
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Crystal class Hexagonal scalenohedral (3m)H-M symbol: (3 2/m) | ||
Svanbergite is a colorless, yellow or reddish mineral with the chemical formula SrAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6. It has rhombohedral crystals.
It was first described for an occurrence in Varmland, Sweden in 1854 and named for Swedish chemist Lars Fredrik Svanberg (1805–1878).
It occurs in high aluminium medium-grade metamorphic rocks; in bauxite deposits and from sulfate enriched argillic alteration ( high silica and clay) associated with hydrothermal systems often replacing apatite. It occurs with pyrophyllite, kyanite, andalusite, lazulite, augelite, alunite, kaolinite and quartz.
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