Igalikite
A mixture of two or more distinct mineral species
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A mixture of analcime and muscovite, pseudomorphic after nepheline.
A sample collected by H. Ødum in 1926 from "Point 5", 35 km east of Igaliku, Greenland and later described by Bøgghild (1933) as a new mineral, and named after the locality.
Showed by Danø & Sørensen (1959) to be a mixture.
A sample collected by H. Ødum in 1926 from "Point 5", 35 km east of Igaliku, Greenland and later described by Bøgghild (1933) as a new mineral, and named after the locality.
Showed by Danø & Sørensen (1959) to be a mixture.
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
43227
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:43227:8
GUID
(UUID V4):
(UUID V4):
87987461-8c12-4247-8e40-fd6da2bc4070
Classification of Igalikite
Discredited
Approval history:
Discredited (rejected) by IMA in 1962.
Other Information
Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
References for Igalikite
Reference List:
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Bøggild, O. B. (1933): Igalikite and naujakasite, two new minerals from South Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland. 92, 1-12
Bøggild, O.B. (1953): The Mineralogy of Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland, Bd. 149. Nr. 3., C.A. Reitzels Forlag, Copenhagen. 445 p. (p.256-257)
American Mineralogist. 33, 262
Danø, M. & Sørensen, H. (1959) An examination of some rare minerals from the nepheline syenites of South West Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland. 162 (5): 1-35
Petersen, O. V. & Johnsen, O. (2005): Mineral species first described from Greenland. Canadian Mineralogist, Special publication no. 8.
Internet Links for Igalikite
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Localities for Igalikite
Locality List
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? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality.
- Good crystals or important locality for species.
- World class for species or very significant.
(TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species.
(FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties).
Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality.
Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
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| Bøggild, O.B. (1953): The Mineralogy of Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland, Bd. 149. Nr. 3., C.A. Reitzels Forlag, Copenhagen. 445 p. (p.256-257); Danø, M. & Sørensen, H. (1959) An examination of some rare minerals from the nepheline syenites of South West Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland. 162 (5): 1-35 |