 | | Book | | MINERAL SPECIES FffiST DESCRIBED fron1 GREENLAND Ole V. Petersen & Ole Johnsen Also in this series...Publication 7 (2005) MINE. RAL ....... SPECIES FIRST DESCRIBED froin GREENLAND Ole V. Petersen & Ole...organizations: The Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland Geologisk Museums St0ttefond (Geological Museum's...document on the minerals first discovered in Greenland. After all, as they point out in the first sentence...Introduction, a mere 26 kilometers separates Greenland from Canada along Nares Strait; we are neighbors |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the belt, only the apical part of a leucogranite stock is exposed. The rocks are similar in composition...formation [2, 3]. IVIGTUT GRANITES AND ASSOCIATED CRYOLITE DEPOSIT, SOUTH GREENLAND The Ivigtut deposit has...composition is confined to the apical part of a domelike stock of leucocratic fine-grained porphyritic GEOCHEMISTRY...structures of the (a) Ivigtut deposit in Greenland and (b) Pitinga deposit in Brazil. Ivigtut [4]: (1) granite... The granite stock is 300 m in diameter and expands with increasing depth. The Ivigtut granite cuts a |  | | Journal (issue) | | Narssarssuk, Greenland. Photo by R. Bode. TITLE PAGE: The most common mineral in Greenland: ice —making...up the typical Arctic icebergs, ubiquitous in Greenland waters; photo by B. L. Nielsen. This special...(ANGMAGSSALIK) GEOLOGICAL MAP OF GREENLAND NUUK (GODTHAB) PAAMIUT (FREDERIKSHAB) ARSUK NARSARSUAQ NARSAQ QAQORTOQ...Paleozoic and Mesozoic North Greenland platform and fold belt East Greenland Caledonian fold belt P rote...Archaean i 500 km i i i i PREFACE Throughout Greenland there are many interesting mineral localities |  | | Report (issue) | | Weberite Na2 MgAlF7 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Orthorhombic, pseudocubic...060(1) b = 10.000(10) X-ray Powder Pattern: Ivigtut, Greenland. 1.779 (10), 2.95 (9), 2.89 (9), 5.05 (6)...Chemistry: Na K Fe Mg Ca Al F insol. Total (1) Ivigtut, Greenland. (2) Na2 MgAlF7 . Occurrence: (1) 19.08...cryolite deposit and overlying pegmatite (Ivigtut, Greenland). Association: Cryolite, chiolite, jarlite...galena (Ivigtut, Greenland). Distribution: From the Ivigtut cryolite deposit, southwestern Greenland. At |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | C2/c,' a:6.67 , b:ll.I7 , c:7.37 kX, 0:94' 56'. Weberite is orthorhombic , Ibmm or lbm'2; Ihe Y:b. Cryounit...prosopite, and weberite. All the material studied, except prosopite from Colorado, came from Ivigtut, Greenland...the cryolite at the most famous locality, Ivigtut, Greenland, are representatives of most of the rare...minerals. An excellent suite of specimensfrom the Ivigtut quarry was kindly made available to the author...Professor Scott had collected these specimensat Ivigtut in 1942 when, as geologist for Mr. Hans Lundberg |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Urals did not show any such similarities. In Ivigtut no material has ever been found which showed relations...weberiteor one of the "cubic" minerals known from Ivigtut might be present. The microscopic examination clearly...that at least three quarters of the material was weberite. The mineral has an index of refraction between...Blgvad (1938) from the Greenlandic occurrenceat Ivigtut. The literature was searchedbut nothing was found...Analyst A. H. Nielsen. 2 "First cubic mineral" from Ivigtut. Analyst, H. Buchwald 19:i5 3. 1 recalculated after |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and Cooper in Maine; and from the berylmolybdenite mine near Mr. Antero, Colo rado. It is an economic mineral...near the center of the pegmatite at the Ben Nevis Mine on San Augustin Peak in the Organ Mountains, New...MINERALS at the Deep Park No. 2 Mine near Penland, and also at the McKinney Mine near Little Switzerland, North...pegmatite as at the Deer Park No. 2 Mine near Penland, and at the McKinney Mine near Little Switzerland in North...the Morefield Mine near Winterham, Virginia; at Orange, New Hampshire; the McKinney Mine, Little Switzerland |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VOL. 50, NOVEMBER_DECEMBER, FROX{ IVIGTUT, 1965 SOUTH GREENLAND H,tNs Peurv, Mineralogical Institute...been found in the cryolite deposit in Ivigtut, South Greenland. Various cubic minerals of ralstonite...ralstonite from other Iocalities as well as from Ivigtut can be arranged in a series rvhere the ner,vcompound...series show decreasing amounts of Na and Mg. Among Ivigtut samples a formula content of 0.34 Na and Mg represents...NBw Memnrer, Brush investigated material from Ivigtut and published the first description of ralstonite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pegmatite at Ivigtut, West Greenland with berryiite, cosalite, galena, quar.z, •weberite, fluorite, and...pegmatite at Ivigtut, West Green land. Other associated minerals noted are fluorite, weberite, topaz, quartz...It has been noted at Ivigtut, West Greenland, together with fluorite, weberite, topaz, ivigtite, quartz...occurs in grains in the cryolite pegmatite of West Greenland together with other sulfide and sulfosalt minerals...a good crowd but we predict that it will Hilltop Mine in the northeastern part of be overflowing this |  | | Report (issue) | | a = 9.91(4) Z=8 X-ray Powder Pattern: Ivigtut, Greenland. 5.74 (100), 1.765 (86), 2.88 (75), 3.01...(3) 0.05 [23.2] [1.9] [100.09] 1− (1) Ivigtut, Greenland; (OH) calculated for charge balance, corresponds...colquiriite, gearksutite, weberite, prosopite, fluorite. Distribution: From the Ivigtut cryolite deposit, southwestern...southwestern Greenland. In the USA, at St. Peters Dome, near Pikes Peak, El Paso Co., and in the Goldie...Fremont Co., Colorado; in the Morefield pegmatite mine, Amelia, Amelia Co., Virginia; from the Quitman |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Italy Re-examination of the Crystal Structure of Weberite G. Giuseppetti and Carla Tadini With 2 Figures...June 24, 1977 Summary The crystal structure of weberite, Na2MgA1F~, was redetermined from 3-dim. X-ray...BOgvard described the new mineral weberite from Ivigtut (Greenland) and Brosset (1942) derived the o...groups. Povarennykh (1972) referring to the mineral weberite w r o t e that its structure is " n o t a d e...investigation was a colorless @rismatic fragment from Ivigtut (0.45 • 0.27 • 0.27 mm). The unit cell parameters |  | | Report (issue) | | 704(2) c = 13.050(3) X-ray Powder Pattern: Ivigtut, Greenland. 6.97 (s), 1.706 (s), 2.158 (ms), 2.291 (m)...7.55 49.06 26.59 Total 99.62 100.00 (1) Ivigtut, Greenland; estimated to contain jarlite 3%. (2) (Sr...siderite–cryolite and fluorite-rich Association: Jarlite, weberite, jørgensonite, thomsenolite, gearksutite, topaz...quartz. Distribution: From the Ivigtut cryolite deposit, southwestern Greenland. Name: Honors Nicholaus Stenonis...Stenonite, a new carbonate-fluoride from Ivigtut, South Greenland. Medd. Grønland, 169(9), 1–24. (2) (1963) |  | | Report (issue) | | Group: n.d. Z = n.d. X-ray Powder Pattern: Ivigtut, Greenland. 4.54 (10), 3.14 (8), 2.28 (8), 1.924 (8)...pachnolite, ralstonite, weberite, fluorite. Distribution: Occurs in the Ivigtut cryolite deposit, southwestern...southwestern Greenland. In Norway, found near Lake Gjerdingen, Nordmarka. Found at Miass, Ilmen Mountains...Warm Springs, Bath Co., Virginia; at the Chancellor mine, Boulder Co., St. Peters Dome, near Pikes Peak,...fluorite mine, Mineral Co., Colorado; in the Grand Reef mine, Graham Co., Arizona; at the Hall mine, near |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Secrelart NEW MINERAL 'Weberite Rrcrr.lm Blcvel: Weberite, a new mineral from Ivigtut. Meddelelserom Grfnland...OccunnnNcn: SporadiCally present in the cryolite of Ivigtut, Greenland. Often surrounded by fluorite and associated...believed to be present in a garnet from Jagersfontein Mine, S. Africa. Analysis (by Percy A. Wagner): SiOr |  | | Report (issue) | | thomsenolite, pachnolite, gearksutite, ralstonite, weberite, jarlite, siderite, hematite, cassiterite, quartz...Baikal, eastern Siberia. In the Ivigtut cryolite deposit, southwestern Greenland. From Mt. Bischoff, Tasmania...district, Mineral Co., Nevada; from the Grand Reef mine, Aravaipa district, Graham Co., and 16 km north...Morefield pegmatite mine, Amelia, Amelia Co., Virginia. In Mexico, at the Santa Rosa mine, Mazapil, Zacatecas...(1986) On the prosopite, CaAl2 F4 (OH)4 , from Ivigtut. Neues Jahrb. Mineral., Monatsh., 329–335. (5) |  | | Report (issue) | | copy.qxp 12/02/08 10:58 Side 1 Minerals in Greenland No. 12 - February 2008 GO_12.qxp:GO-02 copy...copy.qxp 12/02/08 10:59 Side 2 Minerals in Greenland Minerals are an integrated part of the geological...history. The variation and wealth of minerals in Greenland have been significant in rendering the country...mining, and following a brief break since 1990, Greenland now seems to be entering a new phase of mineral...new mines: a gold mine in South Greenland in 2005 and an olivine mine in West Greenland in 2005. From being |  | | Report (issue) | | 2.337 (30) Chemistry: Na Al F Total (1) Ivigtut, Greenland. (2) Na3 AlF6 . (1) 32.41 13.01 54.28 (2)...cryolithionite, weberite, jarlite, prosopite, chiolite, microcline, quartz, fluorite, siderite, topaz (Ivigtut, Greenland);...Distribution: Formerly in a large deposit at Ivigtut, southwestern Greenland. In the USA, from St. Peters Dome, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sample from the cryolite deposit at Ivittuut, SW Greenland. Bøgvadite is monoclinic, P21/n space group, with...deposit Ivittuut (in older literature Ivigtut), southwest Greenland, Bøgvad (1933) mentioned a new fluoride...Jørgensenitea Pachnolite Ralstoniteb Thomsenolite Weberite Na1 Weberite Na2 Average Na-F bond length CN Coordination...29:305–306 Bøgvad R (1933) New minerals from Ivigtut, Southwest Greenland. Medd Grønland 92(8):1–11 Brese NE,...Jochem K (1982) What is the true space group of weberite? J Solid State Chem 43:213–221 Le Bail A, Ferey |  | | Journal (issue) | | quantities of minerals have been sent home from Greenland. These minerals originate from different sources...disposal of scientific investigators by the "Kryolith Mine og Handels Selskabet" and "Øresunds Chemiske Fabriker";...material has naturally been collected in East Greenland by the numerous expeditions of later years, whereas...increase the size of the hook. As far as West Greenland is concerned, the geological conditions are rather...which chiefly occur in the southernmost part of Greenland. As elsewhere, the occurrences of minerals in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 376+0 0O2. Hagemannite of Shepard (1866) from Ivigtut is shown to be a variable mixture of ralstonite...original deposit and the other minerals, as at Ivigtut, were derived by alteration either directly therefrom...gearksutite, chiolite and fluellite. Specimensof weberite and x Contribution from the Department of Mineralogy...the ill-defined mineral hagemannite from Ivigtut, Greenland. This substancewas describedby C. U. Shepard...mixtures. Pure thomsenolite itself sometimesoccurs at Ivigtut as white, opaline to chalcedonicmasses.Locally |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | KMgF3 Structure Type J2t S1r (Garnet) Chiolite Weberite Ralstonite K7r I10s E8t (pyrochlore) D0u E2t...4 Frc. 8 In Fig. 8 the orientation chosenfor weberite by Bystrtim (1945) has been modified. He had taken...the 6 axis. By interchanging his b and c axes weberite is put in the conventional orientation for this...(1915) that CarSbzOT has a structure similar to weberite and here, of course, the centers of the octahedra...the unnamed and unanalvzed cubic minerals from Ivigtut AtF3 T y p e -D O l a R32 o ,= 5 0 2 9 o l p h |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | com/locate/lithos Fluid geochemistry in the Ivigtut cryolite deposit, South Greenland Jasmin Köhler a , Jens Konnerup-Madsen... Abstract The 1.27 Ga old Ivigtut (Ivittuut) intrusion in South Greenland is world-famous for its hydrothermal...within a strongly metasomatised A-type granite stock. This detailed fluid inclusion study characterises...conjunction with estimates for the solidification of the Ivigtut granite suggest a formation pressure of approximately...Keywords: Peralkaline; Fluid inclusions; Cryolite; Ivigtut; Fluorine 1. Introduction Fluids associated with |  | Foord, Eugene E., O'Connor, Joseph T., Hughes, John M., Sutley, Stephen J., Falster, Alexander U., Soregaroli, Arthur E., Lichte, Frederick E., Kile, Daniel E. (1999) Simmonsite, Na2LiAlF6, a new mineral from the Zapot amazonite-topaz-zinnwaldite pegmatite, Hawthorne, Nevada, U.S.A. American Mineralogist, 84 (5) 769-772 doi:10.2138/am-1999-5-609 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Hawthorne, Mineral Co., Nevada, U.S.A. The pegmatite mine is owned and operated by Harvey M. Gordon of Reno...ep = elpasoite; tz = topaz; sm = simmonsite. weberite, thomsenolite, prosopite, ralstonite, and a second...included melt-crystallized LiF, adularia, and Ivigtut cryolite. Operating conditions were 10 kV, 12 nA...occurrences of alumino-fluoride minerals at the Moorefield mine, Amelia, Virginia (Kearns 1995) or St. Peters Dome...Cryolithionite and associated cryolite are found at Ivigtut, Greenland and Miask, Ural Mountains, Russia, deposits |  | Galliski, Miguel Angel, Černý, Petr, Márquez-Zavalía, María Florencia, Chapman, Ron (1999) Ferrotitanowodginite, Fe2+TiTa2O8, a new mineral of the wodginite group from the San Elias pegmatite, San Luis, Argentina. American Mineralogist, 84 (5) 773-777 doi:10.2138/am-1999-5-610 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Hawthorne, Mineral Co., Nevada, U.S.A. The pegmatite mine is owned and operated by Harvey M. Gordon of Reno...ep = elpasoite; tz = topaz; sm = simmonsite. weberite, thomsenolite, prosopite, ralstonite, and a second...included melt-crystallized LiF, adularia, and Ivigtut cryolite. Operating conditions were 10 kV, 12 nA...occurrences of alumino-fluoride minerals at the Moorefield mine, Amelia, Virginia (Kearns 1995) or St. Peters Dome...Cryolithionite and associated cryolite are found at Ivigtut, Greenland and Miask, Ural Mountains, Russia, deposits |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Urals did not show any such similarities. In Ivigtut no material has ever been found which showed relations...weberiteor one of the "cubic" minerals known from Ivigtut might be present. The microscopic examination clearly...that at least three quarters of the material was weberite. The mineral has an index of refraction between...Blgvad (1938) from the Greenlandic occurrenceat Ivigtut. The literature was searchedbut nothing was found |
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Ivigtut Mine, Ivigtut stock, Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland