Cryolite

Image

Cryolite specimen from the Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut, Arsuk Firth, Arsuk, Kitaa Province, Greenland. Size: 8.8 x 6.7 x 5 cm

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Properties

Formula Na3AlF6
Abbreviation Crl
Luminescence emitters Eu, Unspecified
IMA Status Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1799
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Tags Mineral, Halide

Composition

Element Atoms
Al 1
Na 3
F 6
Total: 10

References

Reference Lines Spectra Images
Moenke 1974 4 0 0
Rogozhin et al. 1982 1 0 0