A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Cryolite from Ivigtut, Greenland |
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| Description | Cryolite, Na3AlF6, is sometimes called Greenland spar. This sample, from the world's largest known cryolite deposit (at Ivigtut, on Arsuk Fjord, Greenland), is about 9 cm across. |
| Location | Greenland ▹ Arsukfjord. Near Ivigtut. |
| Photographer | Shannon Heinle. 2001-03-06. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #1920. |
| Key words | cryolite, Greenland |
| Tech details | 375 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 183 |
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