| | Journal (issue) | quantities of minerals have been sent home from Greenland. These minerals originate from different sources...material has naturally been collected in East Greenland by the numerous expeditions of later years, whereas...increase the size of the hook. As far as West Greenland is concerned, the geological conditions are rather...peninsulas of Svartenhuk and ugssuaq and the island of Disko, is built up of plateau basalt, several km...which chiefly occur in the southernmost part of Greenland. As elsewhere, the occurrences of minerals in | | | 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...AMMASSALIK (ANGMAGSSALIK) GEOLOGICAL MAP OF GREENLAND NUUK (GODTHAB) PAAMIUT (FREDERIKSHAB) ARSUK...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 | | | Book | earthy water orthorhombic ; Providence, Rhode Island, USA KAOLINITE Aly ((OH)sSisO 10] Podbofany,...Horn Silver) _ Zacatecas, Mexico Ivigtut, Greenland Table 5 COLOURLESS AND OF NON-METALLIC WHITE...to pseudocubic polysynthetic twins analcime, chabazite harmotome PHILLIPSITE KCa[Al,SisO;.] . 6H,O (Cross...other zeolites, quartz, felspar Ba[Al,Si,O;0]- CHABAZITE (Ca,Na») [AL,Si,O;9] . 6H.O (Cubic Zeolite)...LEVYNITE Ca[Al,Si,O;9] . 6H,O orthorhombic chabazite | tabular to needle|) shaped, chipshaped crystals; | | | Book | 4 O,o] (Soap-Stone, Steatite) Providence, Rhode Island, USA - KAOLINITE Al 4 [(OH)sSi,O,o] Podbofany...Zacatecas, Mexico - CRYOLITE Na 3 [AIF~] Ivigtut, Greenland - • No. 33-40 Table 5 3 34 5 36 7 38...quanz phillipsi te >-- H ardness 4- 5 -- chabazite i n limestone & d olom ite galena, sphalerite...6H20 (Cross Stone) Strontian, Argyll Sco tland CHABAZITE (Ca,Na;) [Al2Si,0 12J . 6H.,O (Cti'bic Zeolite)...wtg,Feh {SiO,J (Chrysolite, Peridot) >St.John's Island, Red Sea Andradite variety D EMANTOID Ca,Fe2[SiO | | | Book | [(OH):Si|0,oJ (Soap-Stone, Steatite) Providence, Rhode Island, USA white, yellowish, greenish, bluish, reddish...anhydrite, barytes CRYOLITE NajlAlFJ Ivigtut, Greenland 36 very good, cube soft to brittle, watersoluble...volcanic rocks, in ______ . deep-sea deps. analcime, chabazite PHILLIPSITE KCa[Al3Si4O14). 6H..O (Cross Stone)...zeolites, quartz, felspar calcite, dolomite CHABAZITE (Ca.Naj) (Al-Si.O,,) • 6H..O (Cubic Zeolite) RcpCice...] (Table Spar) Mirsk, Poland 2.5 harmotome chabazite * S’ 80 §I I% j ' No. 73-80 Table 10 | | | Book | The most famous locality is Blaafjeld near Uivfaq on Disko Island. Greenland, where masses up to 20 tons... S mm. Konder. Russia Arsenic, 45 mm, Allien Island, Canada Antimony. 37 mm. New Brunswick, Arsenic...several cm in size known from Nordrc Stromljord Greenland. Crystals were also found in Sterling Hill, New...realgar and calcite in the salt domes near High Island, Texas, USA. 43 Sperrylite, 55 mm, Talnakh,...30 mm (1V» in) in size were found in Ivigtut. Greenland, where it was mined as the Al ore for more than | | | Book (edition) | fluorite, Fig. 392 of tetrahedrite, and Fig. 393 of chabazite. in position may ; Other examples occur in...between them. 393 392 Fluorite Tetrahedrite Chabazite and metagenic The 240. Paragenic and Metagenic...The same is true for some other species (e.g., chabazite) of weak double + refraction. NEGATIVE CRYSTALS...vesuvianite, zircon, beryl, apatite, corundum, chabazite, etc., give interferAlso, analogous contraence-figures...papers in Bull. Soc. Min., 1878-1882. Becke. Chabazite. Min. petr. Mitth., 2, 391, 1879. Baumhauer. | | | Book | Copper Country (vol. 23, no. 2) Co. Company G Greenland (vol. 24, no. 2) fl. Fluorescent, or fluoresces...Copper Country; 23/#4, Yukon Phosphates; 24/#2, Greenland; and 25/#6, The History of Mineral Collecting)...81-160 161-240 241-320 321--400 [ 1-104 GREENLAND] HMC0 ] 1-264 •MINERAL MUSEUMS OF EASTERN...ALASKA Famous mineral localities: Prince of Wales Island, Alaska (by P. B. Leavens & R. W. Thomssen) 8:4-12...& N. Robinson) 19:441-450 Zeolites from Phillip Island and Flinders, Victoria [Australia] (by W. D. Birch) |
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