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Photo Gallery: Lilleelv pegmatite, Lilleelv, Head of Kangerluarsuk, Kangerluarsuk Fjord, Ilímaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland
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Lilleelv pegmatite, Lilleelv, Head of Kangerluarsuk, Kangerluarsuk Fjord, Ilímaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland
287-1DTPolylithionite KLi2Al(Si4O10)(F,OH)2 , Albite Na(AlSi3O8)
Dimensions: 60 cm x 40 cm x 35 cm
A specimen with Polylithionite in Albite from Lilleelv, Kangerdluarssuq, Ilimaussaq, Greenland. Specimen and photo: Knut Eldjarn.
PAD-DV8Catapleiite Na2Zr(Si3O9)·2H2O , Albite Na(AlSi3O8)
Field of View: 8 mm
Platy, greyish beige catapleiite in a somewhat decomposed matrix.
ENF-25GAstrophyllite K2NaFe2+7Ti2[Si4O12]2O2(OH)4F , Albite Na(AlSi3O8)
Field of View: 22 mm
Lath-shaped, bronze-coloured astrophyllite in albite.
Q9M-VUYPolylithionite KLi2Al(Si4O10)(F,OH)2 , Aegirine NaFe3+Si2O6
Polylithionite with small crystals of aegirine growing through the blades.
The red part is micro crystals of maybe eudialyte.
Size of specimen 6x4cm
FWT-WLCAstrophyllite K2NaFe2+7Ti2[Si4O12]2O2(OH)4F , Natrolite Na2Al2Si3O10·2H2O
Dimensions: 5 mm
Field of View: 6 mm
5 mm crystal of Astrophyllite in Natrolite from Lilleelv, Kangerdluarssuq, Ilimaussaq, Greenland. Self-collected at the locality. Specimen and photo: Knut Eldjarn.
R4M-21TTuperssuatsiaite Fe3+Fe3+2(Na◻)◻2Si8O20(OH)2(H2O)4·2H2O
Field of View: 7 mm
Radiating fibres of tuperssuatsiaite from the small lilleelv pegmatite located in the Kangerluarsurk fjord, Greenland.
Photo & Coll. Hamza. S.
6GR-FP8Astrophyllite K2NaFe2+7Ti2[Si4O12]2O2(OH)4F , Natrolite Na2Al2Si3O10·2H2O
Dimensions: 50 mm x 35 mm x 30 mm
Crystals of astrophyllite embedded in natrolite from Lilleelv, Kangerluarsuk, Ilimaussaq, Greenland.
H54-058Polylithionite KLi2Al(Si4O10)(F,OH)2 , Albite Na(AlSi3O8)
Dimensions: 5 cm x 4.5 cm x 3.5 cm
An aggregate of polylithionite in white albite matrix. From Lilleelv, Kangerluarsuk, Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland.
Inclusions of black steensrupine-(Ce) is seen in the center of the aggregate.
Exchanged with Knut Eldjarn, oct. 2001.
Photo and collection: Knut Edvard Larsen, inventory nr. 1103.
RAC-G4DSteenstrupine-(Ce) Na14Mn2+2Fe3+2Ce6Zr(Si6O18)2(PO4)6(PO3OH)(OH)2·2H2O , Ussingite Na2AlSi3O8OH , Pectolite NaCa2Si3O8(OH)
Dimensions: 4 cm x 4 cm x 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 3 cm
Tabular 3x2.5x0.5 cm unbroken crystal of dark-brown steenstrupine in violet ussingite from naujaite-pegmatite. Associated minerals are white pektolite and minor (unvisible from this side of the specimen) aegirine and epistolite. Specimen size is 4x4x2.5 cm and its radioactivity is 130 μR/h. Collected by Igor V. Pekov in July of 1994. Pavel M. Kartashov collection (#2007) and photo.
D74-7PLPolylithionite KLi2Al(Si4O10)(F,OH)2
"Flower" of polylithionite in albite, from the assumed type locality. The crystal is 3.5 cm across.