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Cryolithionite from
Ivigtut Mine, Ivigtut stock, Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cryolithionite
Formula:Na3Al2(LiF4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Cryolite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Cryoliteⓘ12 photos of Cryolithionite associated with Cryolite at this locality.
Sideriteⓘ6 photos of Cryolithionite associated with Siderite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cryolithionite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ivigtut Mine, Ivigtut stock, Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland
Photo GalleryView Gallery (10 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:12944
Long-form Identifier:1:3:12944:8
GUID (UUID V4):93caf9f9-b1da-46c5-9208-a4fdf33e0140
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...(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 (article/letter/editorial)
plutonic rocks from the Gardar Province, South Greenland ☆ Johannes Schönenberger, Jasmin Köhler, Gregor...Ilímaussaq agpaites, and the formation of the unique Ivigtut cryolite deposit). To constrain the formation and...villiaumite, cryolithionite), calcite and siderite from the Ilímaussaq, Motzfeldt and Ivigtut complexes...generations of fluorite occurring in the granitic Ivigtut, agpaitic Ilímaussaq and miaskitic to agpaitic...hydrothermal fluorite. The REE patterns of the granitic Ivigtut intrusion show flat to slightly heavy-REE-enriched
Report (issue)
Cryolithionite Na3 Li3 Al2 F12 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Cubic....60 14.52 61.33 Total 99.79 100.00 (1) Ivigtut, Greenland. (2) Na3 Li3 Al2 F12 . Occurrence: In some...Association: Cryolite, quartz, fluorite, siderite (Ivigtut, Greenland); cryolite, chiolite, pachnolite, thomsenolite...Russia). Distribution: In the Ivigtut cryolite deposit, southwestern Greenland. From near Miass, Ilmen Mountains...(1971) Refinement of the crystal structure of cryolithionite, {Na3 }[Al2 ](Li3 )F12 . Amer. Mineral., 56
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineral is intimately intergrown with cryolite, cryolithionite and trace elpasolite. A secondary assemblage...alumino-fluoride minerals and a second generation of cryolithionite has formed from the primary assemblage. The...Hawthorne, Mineral Co., Nevada, U.S.A. The pegmatite mine is owned and operated by Harvey M. Gordon of Reno...Institution. Simmonsite (Na2LiA1F6), cryolite, and cryolithionite occur together as part of a alumino-fluoride...Identified phases are: cr = cryolite; cl = cryolithionite; ep = elpasoite; tz = topaz; sm = simmonsite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineral is intimately intergrown with cryolite, cryolithionite and trace elpasolite. A secondary assemblage...alumino-fluoride minerals and a second generation of cryolithionite has formed from the primary assemblage. The...Hawthorne, Mineral Co., Nevada, U.S.A. The pegmatite mine is owned and operated by Harvey M. Gordon of Reno...Institution. Simmonsite (Na2LiA1F6), cryolite, and cryolithionite occur together as part of a alumino-fluoride...Identified phases are: cr = cryolite; cl = cryolithionite; ep = elpasoite; tz = topaz; sm = simmonsite
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 "Øresunds 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
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...chiolite, cryolithionite, elpasolite, sellaite, fluorite. Distribution: From the Ivigtut cryolite deposit...deposit, southwestern Greenland. At Miass, Ilmen Mountains, Southern Ural Mountains and other undefined...Pikes Peak, El Paso Co., Colorado; at the Spider mine, Honeycomb Hills, Juab Co., Utah; from the Quitman
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1971 REFINEMENT OF THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF CRYOLITHIONITE, {Na3}[Alz](Lia)Frz S. Gnr-r-nn,ScienceCenter...ifornia 9 1360. Aesrnacr The crystai structure of cryolithionite, originally solved by Menzer, has been refined...least squares treatment of single-crystal data. Cryolithionite has the garnet structure with lattice constant...namely I Naa | [Alr](Lia)t'rr, is confirmed. Cryolithionite is the only known garnet in which the tetrahedral...544+0.003 A. INrnooucrroN The structure of cryolithionite, {Nae}[Alz](Lir)Frr, *ur solved by Menzer (1927
Report (issue)
93 100.37 100.00 (1) Miass, Russia. (2) Ivigtut, Greenland. (3) Na5 Al3 F14 . Occurrence: In some granite... Association: Topaz, phenakite, fluorite, cryolithionite, thomsenolite (Miass, Russia); cryolite, elpasolite...the Ivigtut cryolite deposit, southwestern Greenland. In the USA, in the Morefield pegmatite mine, Amelia
Report (issue)
2.337 (30) Chemistry: Na Al F Total (1) Ivigtut, Greenland. (2) Na3 AlF6 . (1) 32.41 13.01 54.28 (2)...Association: Pachnolite, thomsenolite, gearksutite, cryolithionite, weberite, jarlite, prosopite, chiolite, microcline...microcline, quartz, fluorite, siderite, topaz (Ivigtut, Greenland); sodalite, villiaumite, eudialyte, lovozerite...Distribution: Formerly in a large deposit at Ivigtut, southwestern Greenland. In the USA, from St. Peters Dome,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chiolite (Na5Al3Si14), cryolite (Na3AlF6), cryolithionite (Na3Al2Li3F12), MgF2, and feldspars. The accelerating...products. The quench phases are cryo lite, cryolithionite, LiF, chiolite, and others. The true composition...agpaitic granites from a number of deposits (Ivigtut, South Greenland; Pitinga, Brazil; Jos Plateau, northern...temperatures of 750°Х or lower, cryolite and cryolithionite, Li3Na3Al2F12, can coexist with alu minosilicate...matites [22, 23], as well as cryolithionite in association with cryolite (Ivigtut and Ilmeny). The natural
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
376+0 0O2. Hagemannite of Shepard (1866) from Ivigtut is shown to be a variable mixture of ralstonite...original deposit and the other minerals, as at Ivigtut, were derived by alteration either directly therefrom...two isometric aluminofluorides ralstonite and cryolithionite, and from that of cryolite, thomsenolite, pachnolite...the ill-defined mineral hagemannite from Ivigtut, Greenland. This substancewas describedby C. U. Shepard...mixtures. Pure thomsenolite itself sometimesoccurs at Ivigtut as white, opaline to chalcedonicmasses.Locally
Journal (issue)
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sample from the cryolite deposit at Ivittuut, SW Greenland. Bøgvadite is monoclinic, P21/n space group, with...deposit Ivittuut (in older literature Ivigtut), southwest Greenland, Bøgvad (1933) mentioned a new fluoride...Na1 Cryolite Na2 Chiolite Na1 Chiolite Na2 Cryolithionite Jarlitea Jørgensenitea Pachnolite Ralstoniteb...29:305–306 Bøgvad R (1933) New minerals from Ivigtut, Southwest Greenland. Medd Grønland 92(8):1–11 Brese NE,...(1971) Refinement of the crystal structure of cryolithionite, Na3Al2Li3F12. Am Mineral 56:18–23 Hawthorne
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...the mineralogy of the aluminium fluorides of Greenland-Uni.aersity ol Toronlo, 1947. 2 Assistant Professor...been reported from Ivigtut): cryolite Na3AlF6, chiolite NarAleFu, cryolithionite NaalisAlrFl2, gearksutite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cryolite KzNaAlFo LisNarAlrFl, Elpasolite Cryolithionite TI,AIF5 NarAhFu TlAlF4 NarMgAlFz Na"(Alr-"...265 Io3d o2 |930 L=d 2 I i Fro.2 For cryolithionite, which has the garnet structure, it is only...formula written above. If we wish to group cryolithionite with the materials here considered tlre structure...corner of an octahedron. If the formula of cryolithionite is written as at the right it resemblesthe...If garnet is consideredan orthosilicatethen cryolithionite having precisely the same structural arrangement
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 (article/letter/editorial)
fluoraluminate mineralization are known: the famous Cryolite Mine 69 in the Il’meny Mountains, southern Urals, where...segregations at the boundary between quartz and cryolithionite–thomsenolite (Polyakov, 1985); Morefield pegmatite...of cuboctahedrons associated with cryolite, cryolithionite, pachnolite, ralstonite, and simmonsite (Foord...world’s largest and famous Ivigtut cryolite deposit in southern Greenland related to metasomatic rocks...Zapot); metasomatic rocks related to alkali granite (Ivigtut); hydrothermally altered nepheline-dominant rocks
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
com/locate/lithos Fluid geochemistry in the Ivigtut cryolite deposit, South Greenland Jasmin KĂśhler a , Jens Konnerup-Madsen... Abstract The 1.27 Ga old Ivigtut (Ivittuut) intrusion in South Greenland is world-famous for its hydrothermal...within a strongly metasomatised A-type granite stock. This detailed fluid inclusion study characterises...conjunction with estimates for the solidification of the Ivigtut granite suggest a formation pressure of approximately...Keywords: Peralkaline; Fluid inclusions; Cryolite; Ivigtut; Fluorine 1. Introduction Fluids associated with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
X Y Z ϕ Katoite Hydroxide Ca3 Al2 o (OH)12 Cryolithionite Halide Na3 Al2 Li3 F12 Yafsoanite Oxide Ca3...calcite (white) in the holotype specimen from Wessels Mine, South Africa. Swedish Museum of Natural History...specimen no. 19960380. Photo by U. Hålenius. (b) Cryolithionite, end-member formula {Na3} [Al2](Li3)F12: a...the type locality, Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Kitaa, Greenland. Pavel M. Kartashov...on chromite, from the type locality, Saranovskii Mine, Permskaya Oblast, Middle Urals, Russia. Largest
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cryolite-bearing granites of the Ivigtut Complex in southern Greenland [13]. The differentiation sequences...fluoride; And—andalusite; c—core of a crystal; Clt—cryolithionite; Crn—corundum; Cry—cryolite; Fll—fluellite...256; Fig. 3b): Naand K-cryolite, elpidite, cryolithionite, and Li fluoride. The products of some experiments...(15.4 wt %) and Li aluminofluoride (perhaps, cryolithionite; 9 wt %), and the lowest Sc concentrations...gray, respectively. The predominant phase is cryolithionite. The highest Sc concentrations (19–23 wt %)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the International Geological Correlation Progre mine, Metallization Associated with Acid Magmas. • 2...within provinces, e.g. the Gardar province, SW Greenland, represented by columns 1, 2, 3 and 6 of Table...crystallization into residual roof-zone melts (Greenland and Lovering, 1966; Gundsambuu, 1974). (2) F-rich...peralkaline granite sheets in the Kfingn~t Fjeld stock, SW Greenland. For rare-metal granites, Kozlov (1974) gives...with cryolite are t h e rare aluminofluorides: cryolithionite, ralstonite, prosopite, pachnolite~ chiolite
 
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