Henrik Friis' Photo Gallery
Water filled pit
Ivigtut Mine, Ivigtut stock, Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, GreenlandA view of the water filled pit looking in a westerly direction showing one of the old workshop buildings. A dam is separating the pit and the fjord. The snow covered mountain in the back is Kûgnât Alkaline Complex.
Picture taken on June 2nd 2013
L16-H1JHiortdahlite II (Na,Ca)4Ca8Zr2(Y,Zr,REE,Na)2(Si2O7)4(O3F5) , Catapleiite Na2Zr(Si3O9)·2H2O , Eudialyte Na15Ca6Fe3Zr3Si(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)2 , Arfvedsonite [Na][Na2][Fe2+4Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2
Hiortdahlite-bearing pegmatite, Tuperssuatsiat Bay, Tunulliarfik Fjord, Ilímaussaq complex, Kujalleq, GreenlandPrimary yellow hiortdahlite II, which has been altered into beige catapleiite embedded in red eudialyte with black arfvedsonite. FOV 16 mm.