A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Siderite in cryolite, from Ivigtut, Greenland |
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| Description | This sample contains brown siderite, FeCO3, in white cryolite. Siderite is a rhombohedral carbonate related to calcite, but containing iron instead of calcium. Cryolite, Na3AlF6, is an uncommon mineral. The only place it is found in large quantity is on the west coast of Greenland. This sample is 9 cm in longest dimension. |
| Location | Greenland. Near Ivigtut. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-19. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #702. |
| Key words | siderite, cryolite, Greenland |
| Tech details | 888 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 801 |
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