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Cryolite

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Description
Locality: 
Ivittuut, Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 3 × 2.2 cm
Description

Nice old crystallized cryolite specimen from the famous Stockholm Museum.

Sharp pseudocubic crystals on the surface of this rare specimen from the type locality.

With copy of the original 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