Kornerupine, Cordierite, Quartz, Phlogopite
Qeqertarsuatsiaat area, Nuuk, Sermersooq, Greenland
Light-coloured greenish-grey, prismatic, low-iron kornerupine crystals in quartz from the type locality in Greenland. Associated minerals are lilac transparent cordierite grains, plates of weakly coloured golden-pearly phlogopite and very minor brownish-red grains of rutile. Specimen size 4 x 3.5 cm. Pavel M. Kartashov collection and photo.
© Pavel M. Kartashov collection & photo