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Cryolite from
Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Firth, Arsuk, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland

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Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Firth, Arsuk, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland
© 2003 John H. Betts
Description
Type Locality:Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Firth, Arsuk, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland is the type locality for Cryolite
Quality of samples:not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:Scherer's Allg. Journal D. Chemie,(1799) 2, p. 502; Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 99, 112.
Associated minerals:
Associates:Arsenopyrite
Cassiterite
Chiolite
Columbite
Cryolithionite
Fluorite
Galena
Gearksutite
Jarlite
Microcline
Molybdenite
Muscovite
Pachnolite
Prosopite
Pyrite
Quartz
Siderite
Thomsenolite
Topaz
Weberite
Wolframite
Zircon
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cryolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Firth, Arsuk, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland
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