Mineral: Cryolite with Siderite
Locality: Ivigtut deposit, Ivittuut, Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland
Dimensions: 10.0x 7.0 x 8.0 cm
Description: Main crystal size: 2.1 cm
Block of colorless, transparent, parallel crystals partially covered with a crust of siderite that gives the ensemble the aspect of parquet; a few sulfides at the base
MIM number: 316
Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence
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