svanbergite Min.
(ˈsvænbɜːgaɪt)
[f. the name of Lars F. Svanberg (1805–78), Swedish chemist: see -ite1.]
† a. = platiniridium Obs. b. [ad. Sw. svanbergit (L. J. Igelström 1854, in K. Vetenskaps-Akad. Förhandlingar XI. 156).] A basic phosphate and sulphate of aluminium and strontium, SrAl3PO4SO4(OH)6, found as translucent rhombohedral crystals.
| 1857 C. U. Shepard Treat. Mineral. (ed. 3) 303 Svanbergite (S.), Platiniridium, Svanberg... In small grains and rarely..cubes, with truncated angles. 1866 Brande & Cox Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art II. 532/3 Pissophane. Svanbergite. Amblygonite. 1900 Mineral. Mag. XII. 252 Svanbergite is crystallographically very similar both to beudantite and also to hamlinite and florencite. 1979 Mineral Abstr. XXX. 422/2 The source of the Sr and P in the svanbergite was probably the basaltic lavas which covered northern Syria in the Quaternary. |