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JWHITE-37 - Pachnolite - $ 500 Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivigtut, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland small cabinet, 9.4 x 6.8 x 4.1 cm ex. John White
Pachnolite is one of those bizarre rare aluminum minerals that comes from , came from rather, this incredibly remote and difficult locality in Greenland. It was mined to extract aluminum in the 1800s and early 1900s until more modern processes using bauxite ore made this deposit not cost-economic to mine (and the waters had to be kept out at great expense as they went deeper, too). Today, the deposit is inaccessible and these minerals are extremely hard to obtain as specimens. This is a very large , solid mass of completely pachnolite, like one seldom sees! The piece is ssparkly and pretty. It is composed of pachnolite in small crystals forming large platelike growths.
MD-182952 - Thomsenolite, Pachnolite - - Archived Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Firth, Arsuk, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland miniature, 4.9 x 3.6 x 3.2 cm.
4.9 x 3.6 x 3.2 cm. Thomsenolite and pachnolite are very rare halides and this old-time, very rich, showy and excellent specimen hails from the Type Locality for both species - the Cryolite Deposit, Ivigtut, Greenland. A multi-sided vug in matrix is filled with stepped, white thomsenolite crystals, which are in turn, richly covered with prismatic microcrystals of pachnolite, a dimorph of thomsenolite. Most of the crystals are oxide-coated, which adds a very nice contrast. Probably mined around 1900. Ex. George Elling Collection.
MD-249731 - Pachnolite - - Archived Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Firth, Arsuk, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland small cabinet, 9.4 x 6.8 x 4.1 cm.
9.4 x 6.8 x 4.1 cm. Pachnolite is one of those bizarre rare aluminum minerals that comes from, came from rather, this incredibly remote and difficult locality in Greenland. It was mined to extract aluminum in the 1800s and early 1900s until more modern processes using bauxite ore made this deposit not cost-economic to mine (and the waters had to be kept out at great expense as they went deeper, too). Today, the deposit is inaccessible and these minerals are extremely hard to obtain as specimens. This is a very large, solid mass of completely pachnolite, like one seldom sees. The piece is sparkly and pretty. It is composed of pachnolite in small crystals forming large plate-like growths. Ex. John White Collection.
MD-261770 - Pachnolite, Thomsenolite - - Archived Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Firth, Arsuk, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland small cabinet, 6.7 x 5.8 x 2.5 cm.
6.7 x 5.8 x 2.5 cm. Pachnolite and thomsenolite are very rare halides and this old-time, very rich, and excellent specimen hails from the Type Locality for both species - the Cryolite Deposit, Ivigtut, Greenland. Vuggy, box-work areas of iron-stained pachnolite flank mounds white thomsenolite, a dimorph of pachnolite. This is an excellent, old-time and historical piece for these rare halide species and locality. Probably mined around 1900. Ex. Kessler and Dennis Mullane Collections. All Content and Design ©1996-2010 The ArkenstonePowered by http://mineralwebsites.comBy-species Galleries | ||||||||||||||
