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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Prosopite
Formula:CaAl2F4[(OH)4-xFx]
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Thomsenoliteⓘ24 photos of Prosopite associated with Thomsenolite at this locality.
Hydrokenoralstoniteⓘ14 photos of Prosopite associated with Hydrokenoralstonite at this locality.
Sideriteⓘ5 photos of Prosopite associated with Siderite at this locality.
Quartzⓘ4 photos of Prosopite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Gearksutiteⓘ2 photos of Prosopite associated with Gearksutite at this locality.
Cryoliteⓘ2 photos of Prosopite associated with Cryolite at this locality.
Stenoniteⓘ2 photos of Prosopite associated with Stenonite at this locality.
Pyriteⓘ2 photos of Prosopite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Kaoliniteⓘ1 photo of Prosopite associated with Kaolinite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Prosopite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ivigtut Mine, Ivigtut stock, Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland
Photo GalleryView Gallery (34 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:12948
Long-form Identifier:1:3:12948:4
GUID (UUID V4):2300af32-ad96-484a-9f85-47c55fa40652
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)
Crystal structure reïŹnement and chemical formula of prosopite, CaAl2F4[(OH)4−xFx] x = 0.0–1.0 Hidetomo HONGU*...Japan Prosopite is an aluminoâ€“ïŹ‚uoride of calcium mineral. The chemical compositions of prosopite samples...samples obtained from Zacatecas (Mexico), Ivigtut (Greenland), and Katugin deposit (Eastern Siberia, Russia)...grains from Ivigtut is (Ca0.96Sr0.04)Al2.00F4[(OH)3.72F0.28]. The crystal structure of prosopite [monoclinic;...analysis (Zacatecas, Ivigtut, and Katugin deposit samples) and reïŹnement (Ivigtut sample), we assume that
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
that of jarlite, is merely a variety of jarlite. Prosopite is monoclinic, C2/c,' a:6.67 , b:ll.I7 , c:7.37...and "metajarlite," prosopite, and weberite. All the material studied, except prosopite from Colorado, came...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
com/locate/lithos Fluid geochemistry in the Ivigtut cryolite deposit, South Greenland Jasmin Köhler 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
Report (issue)
Prosopite CaAl2 (F, OH)8 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Monoclinic. Point...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...Pudovkina, Z.V. and Y.A. Pyatenko (1970) Structure of prosopite, Ca[Al2 F4 (OH)4 ], and some crystallochemical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
    Metallogeny of South Greenland: A review of geological evolution, mineral occurrences...Jochen, Thrane, Kristine, Metallogeny of South Greenland: A review of geological evolution, mineral occurrences...pertain. ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT Metallogeny of South Greenland: A review of geological evolution, mineral occurrences...Thrane IP The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark...steenfelt@gmail.com; ast@geus.dk NU Abstract South Greenland has been the site of historic mining of cryolite
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...thomsenolite, prosopite, pachnolite, ralstonite, fluorite, topaz, potassian mica, pyrite, galena (Ivigtut, Greenland)...Greenland). Distribution: From the Ivigtut cryolite deposit, southwestern Greenland. At St. Peters Dome, near
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...amounts of Ca, fluorite occurs, and here also prosopite is present. This also points to the "Eureca" tunnel
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] 1− (1) Ivigtut, Greenland; (OH) calculated for charge balance, corresponds...weberite, prosopite, fluorite. Distribution: From the Ivigtut cryolite deposit, southwestern Greenland. In...Fremont Co., Colorado; in the Morefield pegmatite mine, Amelia, Amelia Co., Virginia; from the Quitman...Colquiri, Oruro, Bolivia. In the Mt. Cleveland tin mine, western Tasmania, Australia. From near Lake Gjerdingen
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
376+0 0O2. Hagemannite of Shepard (1866) from Ivigtut is shown to be a variable mixture of ralstonite...sparingly with cryolite, pachnolite, thomsenolite, prosopite and gearksutite in vein-like bodies oI quartz...original deposit and the other minerals, as at Ivigtut, were derived by alteration either directly therefrom...from that of cryolite, thomsenolite, pachnolite, prosopite, gearksutite, chiolite and fluellite. Specimensof...the ill-defined mineral hagemannite from Ivigtut, Greenland. This substancewas describedby C. U. Shepard
Report (issue)
821(5) c = 7.241(2) X-ray Powder Pattern: Ivigtut, Greenland. 2.97 (10), 3.18 (9), 2.15 (7), 3.10 (6)...12.16 43.23 2.91 0.08 Total 99.90 (1) Ivigtut, Greenland; corresponds to Na1.00 (Sr5.67 Na0.96 Ca0...gearksutite, chiolite, thomsenolite, ralstonite, prosopite, stenonite, acuminite, bþgvadite, jþrgensenite...barite. Distribution: From the Ivigtut cryolite deposit, Greenland. Name: For Carl Frederik Jarl (1872–1951)...F)4 , a new aluminofluoride mineral from Ivigtut, Greenland. Can. Mineral., 35, 175–179. All rights reserved
Report (issue)
60 14.52 61.33 Total 99.79 100.00 (1) Ivigtut, Greenland. (2) Na3 Li3 Al2 F12 . Occurrence: In some...siderite (Ivigtut, Greenland); cryolite, chiolite, pachnolite, thomsenolite, ralstonite, prosopite (Miass...Russia). Distribution: In the Ivigtut cryolite deposit, southwestern Greenland. From near Miass, Ilmen Mountains
Report (issue)
2.337 (30) Chemistry: Na Al F Total (1) Ivigtut, Greenland. (2) Na3 AlF6 . (1) 32.41 13.01 54.28 (2)...jarlite, prosopite, chiolite, microcline, quartz, fluorite, siderite, topaz (Ivigtut, Greenland); sodalite...Distribution: Formerly in a large deposit at Ivigtut, southwestern Greenland. In the USA, from St. Peters Dome,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(in Dana 1868) in the cryolite deposit of Ivigtut, Greenland. It has subsequently been found, as a late...commonly in white earthy masses. At the La Veneziana mine, Veneto, Italy (Boscardin et al. 1995), it is found...ralstonite, morinite, and gearksutite at the Cleveland mine, Tasmania, Australia. These authors described this...crystal fragment of gearksutite from the Cleveland Mine (Tasmania) was used for intensity data collection...chains are present in the crystal structure of prosopite, Ca[Al2F4(OH)4] (Giacovazzo and Menchetti 1969)
Report (issue)
to K1.79 Na1.07 Ca0.04 Al1.02 F6.11 . (2) Cetine mine, Italy, by electron microprobe, corresponds to K2...limestone (Cetine mine, Italy). Association: Cryolite, pachnolite, thomsenolite, prosopite, gearksutite (Pikes...fluorite, quartz (Cetine mine, Italy). Distribution: In the USA, from the Cincinnati mine, St. Peters Dome,...the Morefield pegmatite mine, Amelia, Amelia Co., Virginia. From the Cetine mine, 20 km southwest of Siena...Siena, Tuscany, Italy. In the Ivigtut cryolite deposit, southwestern Greenland. Name: For El Paso County
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fluoraluminate mineralization are known: the famous Cryolite Mine 69 in the Il’meny Mountains, southern Urals, where...masses intergrown with chiolite among cryolite and prosopite (Kearns, 1995); and Zapot pegmatite, Mineral County...world’s largest and famous Ivigtut cryolite deposit in southern Greenland related to metasomatic rocks...barite, fluorite, aegirine, cryolite, pachinolite, prosopite, ralstonite, gearksutite, weberite, ilmenite,...Zapot); metasomatic rocks related to alkali granite (Ivigtut); hydrothermally altered nepheline-dominant rocks
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
plutonic rocks from the Gardar Province, South Greenland ☆ Johannes Schönenberger, Jasmin Köhler, Gregor...IlĂ­maussaq agpaites, and the formation of the unique Ivigtut cryolite deposit). To constrain the formation and...and siderite from the IlĂ­maussaq, Motzfeldt and Ivigtut complexes were analysed for their trace element...generations of fluorite occurring in the granitic Ivigtut, agpaitic IlĂ­maussaq and miaskitic to agpaitic...hydrothermal fluorite. The REE patterns of the granitic Ivigtut intrusion show flat to slightly heavy-REE-enriched
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hawthorne, Mineral Co., Nevada, U.S.A. The pegmatite mine is owned and operated by Harvey M. Gordon of Reno...topaz; sm = simmonsite. weberite, thomsenolite, prosopite, ralstonite, and a second generation of cryolithionite...included melt-crystallized LiF, adularia, and Ivigtut cryolite. Operating conditions were 10 kV, 12 nA...occurrences of alumino-fluoride minerals at the Moorefield mine, Amelia, Virginia (Kearns 1995) or St. Peters Dome...Cryolithionite and associated cryolite are found at Ivigtut, Greenland and Miask, Ural Mountains, Russia, deposits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hawthorne, Mineral Co., Nevada, U.S.A. The pegmatite mine is owned and operated by Harvey M. Gordon of Reno...topaz; sm = simmonsite. weberite, thomsenolite, prosopite, ralstonite, and a second generation of cryolithionite...included melt-crystallized LiF, adularia, and Ivigtut cryolite. Operating conditions were 10 kV, 12 nA...occurrences of alumino-fluoride minerals at the Moorefield mine, Amelia, Virginia (Kearns 1995) or St. Peters Dome...Cryolithionite and associated cryolite are found at Ivigtut, Greenland and Miask, Ural Mountains, Russia, deposits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
carbonate-fluoride from Ivigtut, Gr lnl.and, 169 (9), l-24 (1962). South Greenland. Medd.. on Analysis...individuals up to 4X 1 cm in the cryolite mine at Ivigtut, mainly in the contact zone between siderite-cryolite...hydrous fluorides including ralstonite, pachnolite, prosopite and topaz. Jarlite may be replacing stenonite...steenstrupine in the Ilimaussaq massif, southwest Greenland. Meild.. om Grlnland,16T (1), l-251 (1962) (esp...name is for the locality, Tugtup agtakorfia, Greenland. DrscussroN A detailed paper is in preparation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Later the fluorides cryolite, pachnolite and prosopite were identified and analyzed from these pegmatites...(Cryolite mine-caved).They include cryolite and its alteration products, pachnolite, prosopite, ralstonite...pachnolite elpasolite ralstonite thomsenolite prosopite weberite gearksutite 65-2 30-4 cryolite pachnolite...pachnolite cryolite pachnolite thomsenolite prosopite ralstonite gearksutite Cryolite occurs in coarse...massive blue-gray pachnolite, or red-brown stained prosopite. Ralstonite, thomsenolite and elpasolite (Frondel
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ALUMINO-FLUORIDE MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE FROM THE MOREFIELD MINE, AMELIA, VIRGINIA. L. E. Keam, James Madison University...encountered as a large irregularly shaped mass of prosopite, CaAI,(F,OH),, at the -foot level, approximately...hurmno-fluoride minerals found are very rare. The Morefield mine is the second known occurrence of these minerals...thomsenolite. Figure 2. Elpasolite Crystal, Morefield mine, Amelia, Virginia. ngure 3. Prismatic pachnolte...they are found in the cryolite deposit of Ivigtut, Greenland, and in the Ilmen Mountains of Russia. The
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...aluminofluorides: cryolithionite, ralstonite, prosopite, pachnolite~ chiolite, thomsenolite~ elpMolite
 
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