Definitionn. a white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and sodium
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A few other minerals may be noticed, and some have been worked to a small extent - graphite is abundant, particularly near Upernivik; cryolite is found almost exclusively at Ivigtut; copper has been observed at several places, but only in nodules and laminae of limited extent; and coal of poor quality is found in the districts about Disco Bay and Umanak Fjord. [Please select]
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The mineral cryolite occurs at Ivigtut and is mined by soda-making establishments in the United States. [Please select]
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The discovery that the metal could be extracted cheaply from cryolite, a mineral with an aluminium base, obtained from Ivigtut, Greenland, led to a sparing use of the metal in the economic arts. [Please select]
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