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Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Firth, Arsuk, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland Fragment of transparent ice-like monograin of chiolite. When seeing on the specimen begin to understand, that name for chiolite(=snow-stone from Greek) was mixed up - this mineral much more similar to ice, than cryolite (=ice-stone from Greek). But on the type locality chiolite really is similar to dirty snow in March... Associating mineral is ... |
| © Pavel M. Kartashov | Photo ID: 144790 View Count: 247 |
Chiolite : Na5Al3F14 | |
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Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Firth, Arsuk, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland An EXCELLENT, lustrous, translucent and blocky specimen of the VERY RARE mineral chiolite from Greenland. Chiolite is related to cryolite, but is much rarer and only occurs as massive material. This is a valuable piece of gem rough weighing 28 grams. 3.6 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 59229 View Count: 357 |
Chiolite : Na5Al3F14 | |
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Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Firth, Arsuk, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland Colourless to white masses of Chiolite. Specimen size 3,6 x 2 cm. |
| © Peter Kohorst | Photo ID: 60157 View Count: 293 |
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Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Firth, Arsuk, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland Massive/crystalline chiolite. Field of view is 2 cm. |
| © L Kruszewski 2007 | Photo ID: 92180 View Count: 196 |
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Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Firth, Arsuk, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland Back side of the fragment of transparent ice-like monograin of chiolite. When seeing on the specimen begin to understand, that name for chiolite(=snow-stone from Greek) was mixed up - this mineral much more similar to ice, than cryolite (=ice-stone from Greek). But on the type locality chiolite really is similar to dirty snow in March... ... |
| © Pavel M. Kartashov | Photo ID: 144792 View Count: 115 |
Chiolite : Na5Al3F14 | |
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Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Firth, Arsuk, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland Chiolite showing the characteristic curved, pearly sheaved faces. Dimensions: Approx 4cm x 3cm x 1cm |
| © Jenna Mast | Photo ID: 205354 View Count: 60 |
Chiolite : Na5Al3F14 | |
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Pit No. 69 (G.I. Gasberg's Topaz-Cryolite Pit), Ilmen Natural Reserve, Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia White sugar-like crystaline agregate of chiolite from the type locality. Its appearance here explain the mineral name - chiolite means "snow-stone" in Greek. FOV is 12x10 mm. Mined and collected in 1845. Pavel M. Kartashov collection and photo. |
| © Pavel M. Kartashov | Photo ID: 154082 View Count: 112 |
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Pit No. 69 (G.I. Gasberg's Topaz-Cryolite Pit), Ilmen Natural Reserve, Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia Crystals of white translucent chiolite in massive granular chiolite from the type locality. Chiolite was formed here as alteration products of primary cryolite-cryolithionite agregate. Associating mineral is ralstonite forming water-clear shining octahedron in the same cavity. FOV is ~4x3 mm. Mined and collected in 1845. Pavel M. Kartashov ... |
| © Pavel M. Kartashov | Photo ID: 154075 View Count: 89 |
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Morefield Mine (Morefield Pegmatite), Winterham, Amelia Co., Virginia, USA Twinned crystal of 0,9 mm lenght. Photo and collection Antonio Borrelli |
| © Antonio Borrelli | Photo ID: 211799 View Count: 55 |
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