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Vikingite from
Ivigtut Mine, Ivigtut stock, Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Vikingite
Formula:Ag5Pb8Bi13S30
Comments:Lamellar with an average grain size of 0.5mm.
Habit:Twinning on {010}; twin lamellae parallel to <001> often observed in polished section
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Vikingite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ivigtut Mine, Ivigtut stock, Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:12941
Long-form Identifier:1:3:12941:1
GUID (UUID V4):208e1b9a-0de3-4bc4-8c37-0944e95f2ef0
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
MINERAL SPECIES FffiST DESCRIBED fron1 GREENLAND Ole V. Petersen & Ole Johnsen Also in this series...Publication 7 (2005) MINE. RAL ....... SPECIES FIRST DESCRIBED froin GREENLAND Ole V. Petersen & Ole...organizations: The Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland Geologisk Museums St0ttefond (Geological Museum's...document on the minerals first discovered in Greenland. After all, as they point out in the first sentence...Introduction, a mere 26 kilometers separates Greenland from Canada along Nares Strait; we are neighbors
Journal (issue)
Narssarssuk, Greenland. Photo by R. Bode. TITLE PAGE: The most common mineral in Greenland: ice —making...up the typical Arctic icebergs, ubiquitous in Greenland waters; photo by B. L. Nielsen. This special...(ANGMAGSSALIK) GEOLOGICAL MAP OF GREENLAND NUUK (GODTHAB) PAAMIUT (FREDERIKSHAB) ARSUK NARSARSUAQ NARSAQ QAQORTOQ...Paleozoic and Mesozoic North Greenland platform and fold belt East Greenland Caledonian fold belt P rote...Archaean i 500 km i i i i PREFACE Throughout Greenland there are many interesting mineral localities
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals from the Ivigtul cryolite deposit, Ivigtut, South Greenland revealed the existence of disordered intergrowths...lamella of ordered vikingite. Trends in the randomness of the gustavite-vikingite intergrowth were evaluated...lillianite group minerals, disorder, IIRTEM, lvigtut, Greenland. Introduction TIlE development of structural...ena paragenesis from the Ivigtut cryolite deposit, Ivigtut, South Greenland (Kamp-Moller 1977). Here...study on some lillianite group minerals from the Ivigtut cryolite deposit. A. PRING ETAL. heyrovskyite
Report (issue)
4.100 β = 93.35◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Ivigtut, Greenland. 3.36 (100), 2.87 (60), 2.96 (50), 2.05 (50)...101.46 101.65 100.00 44.05 16.22 (1) Ivigtut, Greenland; by electron microprobe, average of 9 grains;...Ag6.29 Cu0.23 Pb10.33 Bi15.09 S36.00 . (2) Ivigtut, Greenland; by electron microprobe, average of 15 grains;...deposit (Ivigtut, Greenland). Association: Berryite, aikinite, galena (Ivigtut, Greenland); pyrite,...(Flathead mine, Montana, USA). Distribution: From the Ivigtut cryolite deposit, southwestern Greenland [TL]
Report (issue)
Vikingite Ag5 Pb8 Bi13 S30 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Monoclinic...59◦ Z = 1 b = 4.112 X-ray Powder Pattern: Ivigtut, Greenland. 3.40 (100), 1.754 (90), 2.06 (80), 2.91...46.24 16.37 Total 100.9 99.61 100.00 (1) Ivigtut, Greenland; by electron microprobe, corresponding to...gustavite-galena paragenesis (Ivigtut, Greenland). Association: Cosalite, galena (Ivigtut, Greenland); gustavite, heyrovskyite...France). Distribution: From the Ivigtut cryolite deposit, southwestern Greenland [TL]. In the USA, from near
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ag-rich cosalite, Cu1.2Ag0.9Pb6.7Bi8.2S20, from Ivigtut, Greenland, are presented. Electron diffraction patterns...the structural modulations. Cosalite from Ivigtut, Greenland, also forms coherent intergrowths with members...lillianite, HRTEM, electron diffraction, Ivigtut, Greenland. Introduction COSALITE, ideally Pb2Bi2S5...N2) members, including lillianite, (4,4L) and vikingite, (4,7L) (see Pring et al., 1999 for a full list...gustavite-cosalite-galena paragenesis from the Ivigtut cryolite deposit, South Greenland, was obtained from the Geological
Report (issue)
copy.qxp 12/02/08 10:58 Side 1 Minerals in Greenland No. 12 - February 2008 GO_12.qxp:GO-02 copy...copy.qxp 12/02/08 10:59 Side 2 Minerals in Greenland Minerals are an integrated part of the geological...history. The variation and wealth of minerals in Greenland have been significant in rendering the country...mining, and following a brief break since 1990, Greenland now seems to be entering a new phase of mineral...new mines: a gold mine in South Greenland in 2005 and an olivine mine in West Greenland in 2005. From being
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
recently approved IMA No. 2016-101), N = 5.5 (vikingite), N = 6 (treasurite), N = 7 (eskimoite and (Ag...N2cryst)/2 for two adjacent slabs. For example vikingite has N1cryst = 4, N2cryst = 7, Nchem = 5.5. The...Bi)(Bi,Sb)2S6 (4,4L), schirmerite (disordered), vikingite Pb8Ag5Bi13S30 (4,7L), treasurite Pb6Ag7Bi15S32...samples were collected in the material from medieval mine dumps in 1999–2015, therefore no information is...same applied to lines in the powder pattern of vikingite corresponding to d400 and d0.0.12. 3.3. Single-crystal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Agbearing LHS minerals from the Ivigtut cryolite deposit, South Greenland. Pring et al. (1999) described...Å long, including a 220 Å lamella of ordered vikingite, which yielded an average homologue number N =...relative stability among well-ordered phases (vikingite and gustavite), longer ordered sequences (e.g...with Naver ~5 that could evolve into ordered vikingite and gustavite. Pring and Etschmann (2002) described...modified) Mineral Lillianite Xilingolite Gustavite Vikingite Ramdohrite Andorite IV Andorite VI Heyrovskýite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in mineral composition to the minerals of the Ivigtut deposit (Karup-Mdller, 1977). which have a composition...gustavite-lillianite series in lvigtut deposit, Greenland (a) and Old Lout, Colorado (b); 3) same from Agenosawa...grains. Its closest equivalent is Phase X in t h e Ivigtut (Karup-Mdller, 1977) and BomGorkhon (Timofeyeva...silver (fig. 3) a n d approach t h e line for the vikingite series (N= 5) (Karup-hldller, 1977). Lead-silver...gustavitelillianite series (fig. 3). Phase 2 is closer to t h e vikingite series (N= 5) with a content of 42.4% of AgBi-component
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ag-bearing heyrovskýite (Makovicky et al., 1991) and vikingite (Makovicky et al., 1992). These investigations...b’~19.1 Å for vikingite, and c’~ 4.2 Å with b’ ~107º. The 4 Å subcell of vikingite has a = 13.60,...alternation of two slab types. The most common is vikingite, N1,2 = 4;7, with the composition of the structurally...heyrovskýite pair appear to be reversed between Ivigtut, Greenland and Rauriser Goldberg, Salzburg, Austria...natural material from Ivigtut (Greenland). They also note the regularity of the vikingite, N1,2 = 4;7 structure
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(1977b), but may represent disordered gustavite, vikingite or eskimoite. Some of the analysed lillianite...Bi-sulphosalt assemblages (i) Underground, Toroiaga Mine (Neogene vein mineralisation): BB 190 Vein "X" on...Ivfi~coaia Mine: Bismuthinite derivatives, cosalite BB 158 Massive py-cp ore, Ivfi~coaia Mine: Bismuthinite...derivatives BB 1107 Mficfirl~u Mine: Cosalite BB 1759 Catarama Mine: Bismuthinite derivatives, berryite... with defined compositional limits, but also vikingite, ourayite and possibly additional lillianite homologues
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pb–Bi–Ag sulfides, found as new minerals at Ivigtut, Greenland, as well as on several sulfide phases outside...as observed at some ore deposits, such as Ivigtut, Greenland (Makovicky & Karup-Møller 1977b), La Roche-Balue...(1987): Homologues de la lillianite (gustavite, vikingite, heyrovskyite, riche en Ag et Bi) de l’indice...series. II. Definition of new minerals: eskimoite, vikingite, ourayite Skowron, A. & Tilley, R.J.D. (1990):
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the system Ag–Bi–Pb–Cu–S. The Friedrich–Christian mine is the locality from which a Ag–Bi mineral in the...composition AgBiS2 was discovered at the Matilda mine, Morococha, Peru, and named matildite (Rammelsberg...AgBiS2 phase stabilized by lead at the Silberbrünnle mine in Haigerach Valley, central Schwarzwald resulting...of Ag–Bi ores on Earth, the Friedrich–Christian mine near Schapbach, is now the type locality neither...matildite are the Matilda mine in Peru, the Ivigtut mine in South Greenland, the Baia Mare district in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
was discovered in the cryolite deposit at Ivigtut, Greenland, and described and named by Karup-Møller...series. Mineral Lillianite Xilingolite Gustavite Vikingite Treasurite Heyrovskyite Aschamalmite Eskimoite...occurrences (Cook, 1997). Pažout (2010) reports vikingite with Sb content up to 5.8 wt%, corresponding to...mineralogical investigation of primary ores from medieval mine dumps of the Staročeske (Old Bohemian) Lode in...image of sample ST 37 with gustavite Gus83–86, vikingite Vik49 and Vik59 andAnd49 71 . The superscript
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Karup-Moller (1970) in sulfosalts near the Ivigtut cryolite deposit (Greenland). Other finds were later described...11: DEFINITION O F NEW MINERALS: ESKIhlOITE, VIKINGITE, OURAYITE AND TREASURITE. REDEFINITION OF SCHIRhlERITE...of the galenobismuth analyses from t h e Caribou mine in Canada corresponds to this formula. Nechelyustov
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
253. Rare grains with galena in the Ivigtut cryolite deposit Greenland, have composition BiCuAg6S4. Presumably...W. Africa, and earthy aggregates from the Clara mine, Oberwolfach, Schwarzwald, are monoclinic, a 7"764...with krsterite from the Tanco mine, Bernic Lake, Manitoba, and the Hugo mine, Keystone, Pennington Co.,...N'changa, Zambia, from Bisbee, Arizona, and from M'sesa mine, Kambove, Katanga, are hexagonal, a 6"67I, c 9"I83...aggregates in the sylvine and halite of the Boulby 523 mine, Co. Durham, are anorthic, a 6"297, b 6"464, c 6-56
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
unequal slabs, like 4,7L lillianite homologue vikingite (Makovicky et al. 1992). The largest so-far observed...1796.66(7) Bbmm Ag-poor heyrovskýite from Yakuki mine Pb5.40Ag0.18Bi2.42S9 13.712(2) 31.210(5) 4.131(1)...al. 1999), as well as in Agrich heyrovskýite, vikingite, and gustavite from La Roche-Balue (MoÍlo et al...heyrovskýite-like slabs, respectively of the 4,7L homologue vikingite (Makovicky et al. 1992) and already mentioned...Part II. Definition of new minerals: eskimoite, vikingite, ourayite and treasurite. Redefinition of schirmerite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pnma, Z = 4, Dcalc = 6.89 g.cm–3, from the Ángela mine, Los Manantiales district, province of Chubut, Argentina...Pnma, Z = 4, Dcalc = 6.89 g.cm–3, provenant de la mine Ángela, district de Los Manantiales, province de...Tauern, Austria. It was collected in the orebody K3, mine level ~950 m above sea level. The associated minerals...cosalite, eclarite, lillianite, heyrovskyite and vikingite. The present investigation required a recent refinement...(ccp) with blebs of angelaite (ang) from the Ángela mine, Argentina. Back-scattered electron image. 148
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Part 2. Definition of new minerals: eskimoite, vikingite, ourayite and treasureite. Redefinition of shirmerite...& karup-Moller, S. (1984): Ourayite from Ivigtut, Greenland. – Canadian Mineralogist 22: 565 – 575. Makovicky
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
on a material from the cryolite deposit of Ivigtut, Greenland. Chemical composition derived from the electron...comes from the abandoned Au–Ag–As–Cu Rotgülden mine, Murwinkel, Lungau, Salzburg Province, Austria....comm.) observed such streaks in gustavite from Ivigtut by means of electron diffraction but they only...(1970): Gustavite, a new sulphosalt mineral from Greenland. Can. Mineral., 10, 173–190. Kupčı́k, V. & Steins...series. II. Definition of new minerals: eskimoite, vikingite, ourayite, and treasurite. Redefinition of schirmerite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hobenzan area), Tertiary acidic intrusives (e.g. Ashio mine), and propylite and related volcanic rocks (Ishibashi...Karup-Møller (1970) described from the Ivigtut pegmatite deposit, Greenland. 4.3.4 Cosalite (Srikrishnan & Nowacki...ppm in the Kuroko ore is reported from the Yokota mine, whereas other Kuroko deposits are generally less...(1972) Bismuthinite and cosalite from Agenosawa mine, Akita Prefecture, Japan. J. Geol. Soc. Jpn., 78...K. (1977) Aikinite in “Kuroko” from the Kurosawa mine, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan: a summary of its ore
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
analyzed and described by Genth (1885) from the Cosala mine, Sinaloa, Mexico, but it is now known from a large...investigation of (Cu,Ag)-rich cosalite from Ivigtut, Greenland, with a chemical formula Cu1.2Ag0.9Pb6.7Bi8...(1995): Some Pb–Bi–Sb–S minerals from the Dunjeon gold mine, northern Taebaegsan mining district, Korea. Resource...Chang, L.L.Y. (1993): Sb-cosalite from Dunjeon gold mine, Taebaeg City, Korea. Mineral. Mag. 57, 527-530...crystal chemistry of cosalite 1107 (gustavite, vikingite, heyrovskyite riche en Ag, Bi ...) de l'indice
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
analyzed and described by Genth (1885) from the Cosala mine, Sinaloa, Mexico, but it is now known from a large...investigation of (Cu,Ag)-rich cosalite from Ivigtut, Greenland, with a chemical formula Cu1.2Ag0.9Pb6.7Bi8...(1995): Some Pb–Bi–Sb–S minerals from the Dunjeon gold mine, northern Taebaegsan mining district, Korea. Resource...Chang, L.L.Y. (1993): Sb-cosalite from Dunjeon gold mine, Taebaeg City, Korea. Mineral. Mag. 57, 527-530...crystal chemistry of cosalite 1107 (gustavite, vikingite, heyrovskyite riche en Ag, Bi ...) de l'indice
Book
K(U02)As04*3H20, Tet. Vitreous yellow. Fuemrole mine, Temple Mt., Emery Co., Utah, USA. H= 2-3, Djjj=...SrAlF4(0H)*H20, E Mon. Transparent colorless. Ivigtut, Greenland (SW). H=3.5, Djjj=3.29, D(.= 3.305, IIIC...grey, bluish-grey, yellow, light green. Langban mine, Filipstad (near), Varmland, Sweden. H= 5, Djjj=3...Ilimaussaq intrusion, Naujakasik, Tunugdliarfik, Greenland (S). H= 5.5-6, Dj4j= 3.8, Dg= 3.724, VIIID 07...5As30ig, E Rhom. Translucent blue-green. Terres mine, St. Ausdell, Cornwall, England and/or Johanngeorgenstadt
 
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