AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Greenland > Cryolite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 32681 |
Mineral: | Cryolite |
Locality: | Ivigtut, Arsuk Firth (Arsukfjord), Kitaa Province, Greenland (Type Locality for Cryolite) |
Description: | Translucent white cryolite - an ore of aluminum. With minor brown siderite on one corner. Dates to the 1880s. A historic specimen from this famous mine that originally opened in 1854. Ex. A. Lincoln Sherk II, MD. (1896-1970) |
Overall Size: | 5x4x2 cm |
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Archived: | For reference only |
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