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Cryolite

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Description
Locality: 
Ivittuut, Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5.2 × 3.3 cm
Weight: 
115.00gr
Description

A massive milky white specimen of cryolite. It was commercially mined at this location until 1987.  Cryolite was historically used as an ore of aluminum and later in the electrolic processing of bauxite. 

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cryolite

Formula: 
Na3[AlF6]
Strunz: 
3.CB.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland

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