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

Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Firth, Arsuk, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland
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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.; Petersen, O. V and K Secher (1993) The Minerals of Greenland. Mineralogical Record 24:36
Associated minerals:
Associates:	Arsenopyrite Cassiterite Chiolite 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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