| | Journal (issue) | Narssarssuk, Greenland. Photo by R. Bode. TITLE PAGE: The most common mineral in Greenland: ice âmaking...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 | | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | the belt, only the apical part of a leucogranite stock is exposed. The rocks are similar in composition...formation [2, 3]. IVIGTUT GRANITES AND ASSOCIATED CRYOLITE DEPOSIT, SOUTH GREENLAND The Ivigtut deposit has...composition is confined to the apical part of a domelike stock of leucocratic fine-grained porphyritic GEOCHEMISTRY...structures of the (a) Ivigtut deposit in Greenland and (b) Pitinga deposit in Brazil. Ivigtut [4]: (1) granite... The granite stock is 300 m in diameter and expands with increasing depth. The Ivigtut granite cuts a | | | Journal (issue) | quantities of minerals have been sent home from Greenland. These minerals originate from different sources...disposal of scientific investigators by the "Kryolith Mine og Handels Selskabet" and "Ăresunds Chemiske Fabriker";...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...which chiefly occur in the southernmost part of Greenland. As elsewhere, the occurrences of minerals in | | | Catalog/List | 2H2O_______ _______________ Pale cream ___ Brosso ~ Mine â˘â˘â˘â˘'â ⢠,ivrea,Italy__________________________________...Sb3+Sb_5_+O4 ____________ 2 Earthy yellow_____ Ivigtut,Greenland Na5AI3F14 Colourless Auerbach,Germany YPO4...Utah, USA 21____ NaAIF6 2_1_______________ ___ Ivigtut,Greenland_____ ____ __________________________...--__- ___ -Fe2+23AI4(PO4)4(OH)6.2H2O_" _ Cordon Mine,Hamton,Ne^da,USA 2 2~ZT ~CdS_____ __________ ._______...MINIU i 31 [lMISERITE________ _____ TonopahBelmqnt Mine,Maricopa County, Arizona, USA SELADONITE _________ | | | Report (issue) | 541(2) c = 16.115(1) X-ray Powder Pattern: Ivigtut, Greenland. 4.02 (100), 1.963 (90), 1.996 (80), 2.92...35 18.05 12.15 51.34 8.11 Total 99.94 (1) Ivigtut, Greenland. (2) NaCaAlF6 ⢠H2 O. 100.00 Na Ca Al F...H2 O Polymorphism & Series: Dimorphous with pachnolite. Occurrence: As an alteration product of cryolite...in granite pegmatites. Association: Cryolite, pachnolite, ralstonite, chiolite, cryolithionite, elpasolite...fluorite. Distribution: From the Ivigtut cryolite deposit, southwestern Greenland. At Miass, Ilmen Mountains | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | CRYOLITE MINE OF GREENLAND. THE deposit of cryolite at Ivigtut is unique. There is no other mine 01' quarry...delivery could not be made. As a workable deposit the Ivigtut pocket stands alone. A good deposit of cryolite...where withiu reach is worth as much as a !!,old mine. Pure cryolite, to the or<1inary observer, is a...thinking that valuable minerals might be found in Greenland, ap plied to the Danish government for permission...employ, and finally discharged and sent back to Greenland for disrespect to his superiors. That man told | | | Report (issue) | Pachnolite NaCaAlF6 ⢠H2 O c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Monoclinic...414(3) c = 15.680(4) X-ray Powder Pattern: Ivigtut, Greenland. 3.95 (100), 1.971 (90), 2.79 (70), 2.16...34 8.11 Total 100.60 99.86 100.00 (1) Ivigtut, Greenland. (2) St. Peters Dome, Colorado, USA. (3)...fluorite. Distribution: In the Ivigtut cryolite deposit, southwestern Greenland. From near Lake Gjerdingen...Mineral Co., Nevada; from the Morefield pegmatite mine, Amelia, Amelia Co., Virginia. From the El Criollo | | | Report (issue) | 060(1) b = 10.000(10) X-ray Powder Pattern: Ivigtut, Greenland. 1.779 (10), 2.95 (9), 2.89 (9), 5.05 (6)...Chemistry: Na K Fe Mg Ca Al F insol. Total (1) Ivigtut, Greenland. (2) Na2 MgAlF7 . Occurrence: (1) 19.08...cryolite deposit and overlying pegmatite (Ivigtut, Greenland). Association: Cryolite, chiolite, jarlite...prosopite, pachnolite, ralstonite, fluorite, topaz, potassian mica, pyrite, galena (Ivigtut, Greenland). Distribution:...Distribution: From the Ivigtut cryolite deposit, southwestern Greenland. At St. Peters Dome, near Pikes | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | came from Ivigtut, Greenland. Occurring with the cryolite at the most famous locality, Ivigtut, Greenland...minerals. An excellent suite of specimensfrom the Ivigtut quarry was kindly made available to the author...Professor Scott had collected these specimensat Ivigtut in 1942 when, as geologist for Mr. Hans Lundberg...this investigation, those on thomsenolite and pachnolite, have already been published (Ferguson, 1946);...weberite Na2MgAlFT as well as thomsenolite and pachnolite, both NaCaAlFo'HzO; a small amount of work, mainly | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Mint Museum, underground mine tours, mine buildings, mining landscape, mine town, and even the Kongsberg...situFigure 3. F. Steinar Norated at the end of a fjord, which the air route drum, curator, Norwegian Mining...University of Oslo). We did not see long, Byrud mine, Eidsvoll, Norway; collection of the Norwegian the...a central aisle, with the cento take the mine tour, the mine train takes visitors 2.3 kilometral glass...specimens (ruby in gneiss, ters into the Kingâs mine; for those who enjoy underground plates of calcite | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 376+0 0O2. Hagemannite of Shepard (1866) from Ivigtut is shown to be a variable mixture of ralstonite...mineral occurred very sparingly with cryolite, pachnolite, thomsenolite, prosopite and gearksutite in vein-like...original deposit and the other minerals, as at Ivigtut, were derived by alteration either directly therefrom... in size lining solution cavities in massive pachnolite. A little powdery gearksutite is present on the...cryolithionite, and from that of cryolite, thomsenolite, pachnolite, prosopite, gearksutite, chiolite and fluellite | | | Report (issue) | a = 9.91(4) Z=8 X-ray Powder Pattern: Ivigtut, Greenland. 5.74 (100), 1.765 (86), 2.88 (75), 3.01...(3) 0.05 [23.2] [1.9] [100.09] 1â (1) Ivigtut, Greenland; (OH) calculated for charge balance, corresponds...limestones. Association: Thomsenolite, cryolite, pachnolite, chiolite, elpasolite, colquiriite, gearksutite...fluorite. Distribution: From the Ivigtut cryolite deposit, southwestern Greenland. In the USA, at St. Peters...Fremont Co., Colorado; in the Morefield pegmatite mine, Amelia, Amelia Co., Virginia; from the Quitman | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | the only known cryolite de posit was Ivigtut in Greenland, a stock-type orebody composed of 70-80% cryolite...can be classed as ongonites [ 2 ] . The granite stock is exposed; the center has equigranular fine-to-medium-grained...replaced by an aggregate composed of thomsenolite-pachnolite and ralstonite. The ore minerals are cassiterite...formations have previously been found only at the Ivigtut deposit, which is now almost mined out. The veins...replaced by later aluminofluorides, thomsenolite, pachnolite, ralstonite, and gearksutite, as well as by topaz | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | the Urals did not show any such similarities. In Ivigtut no material has ever been found which showed relations...weberiteor one of the "cubic" minerals known from Ivigtut might be present. The microscopic examination clearly...Blgvad (1938) from the Greenlandic occurrenceat Ivigtut. The literature was searchedbut nothing was found...Analyst A. H. Nielsen. 2 "First cubic mineral" from Ivigtut. Analyst, H. Buchwald 19:i5 3. 1 recalculated after...mass of unmistakable cryolite with alteration to pachnolite (?) progressing upon its cleavage planes in the | | | Journal (issue) | this industry here; and had not the rough diamond stock of the world been materially reduced by the demand...proportion of these qualities as they are found in the mine. In other words, the series is made up so that when...âseriesâ he buys every quality of diamond found in the mine in the proportion in which they are produced at...house, bridge and shipbuilding, and the rolling stock of railroads and road beds is simply enormous. It...considered applicable to such a purpose. STRANGE MINE EXPLOSIONS. GEM, IDAHO, Sept. 19.âNo explanation | | | Report (issue) | 175(1) c = 14.251(1) X-ray Powder Pattern: Ivigtut, Greenland. 4.767 (10), 4.706 (10), 3.505 (10), 3.353...33.68 7.54 7.98 Total [97.06] 100.00 (1) Ivigtut, Greenland; by AA, Al by CDTA, F by electrolysis; OH...thomsenolite, pachnolite, ralstonite, gearksutite, celestine. Distribution: In the Ivigtut cryolite deposit...deposit, southwestern Greenland. Name: From the Latin acuminis, sharp point, for spear head, the characteristic...(1987) Acuminite, a new Sr-fluoride from Ivigtut, South Greenland. Neues Jahrb. Mineral., Monatsh., 502â514 | | | Report (issue) | Group: n.d. Z = n.d. X-ray Powder Pattern: Ivigtut, Greenland. 4.54 (10), 3.14 (8), 2.28 (8), 1.924 (8)...sellaite, pachnolite, ralstonite, weberite, fluorite. Distribution: Occurs in the Ivigtut cryolite deposit...deposit, southwestern Greenland. In Norway, found near Lake Gjerdingen, Nordmarka. Found at Miass, Ilmen...Warm Springs, Bath Co., Virginia; at the Chancellor mine, Boulder Co., St. Peters Dome, near Pikes Peak,...fluorite mine, Mineral Co., Colorado; in the Grand Reef mine, Graham Co., Arizona; at the Hall mine, near | | | Report (issue) | 93 100.37 100.00 (1) Miass, Russia. (2) Ivigtut, Greenland. (3) Na5 Al3 F14 . Occurrence: In some granite...thomsenolite (Miass, Russia); cryolite, elpasolite, pachnolite, thomsenolite, ralstonite (Amelia, Virginia,...the Ivigtut cryolite deposit, southwestern Greenland. In the USA, in the Morefield pegmatite mine, Amelia | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | quantities. The previously known localities are in Greenland, Colorado, and the Urals, in all of which the...associated with cryolite from Ivigtut (Evigtok) on Arksut-Fiord, Greenland. Tidsskr. Phys. og Chem., 1862...Hagemann recognized tile presence of this mineral in Ivigtut cryolite ore, and made an imperfect analysis of...Groth gave a more detailed description of the Greenland mineral, including its microscopic appo;,rance... p. 58. 1885. The first perfect s nalysis of Greenland gearksutite made by G. Lindstr(Im and published | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | quantities. The previously known localities are in Greenland, Colorado, and the Urals, in all of which the...associated with cryolite from Ivigtut (Evigtok) on Arksut-Fiord, Greenland. Tidsskr. Phys. og Chem., 1862...Hagemann recognized tile presence of this mineral in Ivigtut cryolite ore, and made an imperfect analysis of...Groth gave a more detailed description of the Greenland mineral, including its microscopic appo;,rance... p. 58. 1885. The first perfect s nalysis of Greenland gearksutite made by G. Lindstr(Im and published | | | Journal (issue) | DeMark Malachite pseudomorphs from the Sir Dominick mine, Arkaroola, South Australia ......................Tucson, Arizona 85740 COVER: GOLD from the Eureka mine, Tuolumne County, California. This specimen, about...mining activity in the future. The Red Cloud copper mine is on the west side of the forest road and was originally...remains of the original mine workings is a fenced vertical shaft and the mine dumps (Fig. 2). Access to...shaft of the Dead wood mine is im mediately south of the Red Cloud copper mine shaft but the dumps at | | | 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 | | | Report (issue) | Association: Fluorite, cryolite, thomsenolite, pachnolite, gearksutite, ralstonite, weberite, jarlite,...Baikal, eastern Siberia. In the Ivigtut cryolite deposit, southwestern Greenland. From Mt. Bischoff, Tasmania...district, Mineral Co., Nevada; from the Grand Reef mine, Aravaipa district, Graham Co., and 16 km north...Morefield pegmatite mine, Amelia, Amelia Co., Virginia. In Mexico, at the Santa Rosa mine, Mazapil, Zacatecas...(1986) On the prosopite, CaAl2 F4 (OH)4 , from Ivigtut. Neues Jahrb. Mineral., Monatsh., 329â335. (5) | | | Report (issue) | 60 14.52 61.33 Total 99.79 100.00 (1) Ivigtut, Greenland. (2) Na3 Li3 Al2 F12 . Occurrence: In some...quartz, fluorite, siderite (Ivigtut, Greenland); cryolite, chiolite, pachnolite, thomsenolite, ralstonite...Russia). Distribution: In the Ivigtut cryolite deposit, southwestern Greenland. From near Miass, Ilmen Mountains |
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Ivigtut Mine, Ivigtut stock, Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland