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Cryolite

cryolite

Na3AlF6

Cryolite - MZTN-06 - Mont St Hilaire - Canada Mineral Specimen

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Overview

Cryolite (Na3AlF6, sodium hexafluoroaluminate) is a rare mineral identified with the once-large deposit at Ivittuut on the southwest coast of Greenland, mined commercially until 1987. It is used in the reduction ("smelting") of aluminium, in pest control, and as a dye. Due to the demand for sodium hexafluoroaluminate and the scarcity of naturally-ocurring cryolite, it is also produced synthetically.

Scientific references

  1. Cryolite — Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193502 Link
  2. Cryolite — Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryolite Link