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Cryolite

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Cryolite

With antique label
Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Ivittuut, Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 8.5 × 4.8 cm
Description

An unusual large and heavy colourless mass of cryolite with inclusions of siderite, sphalerite and some galena from the Type Locality.
A very impressive piece with an antique label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cryolite

Formula: 
Na3[AlF6]
Strunz: 
3.CB.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland
Cartils Minerals

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