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Cryolite

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Description
Locality: 
Ivittuut, Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5 × 4 cm
Description

Colourless cryolite associated with siderite and galena. Includes an old label dating to 1971. 

 

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
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