Fiord of Kangerlic, South Greenland, in the Month of August, 1856. Creator: Unknown.

Fiord of Kangerlic, South Greenland, in the Month of August, 1856.  Creator: Unknown.

2-969-825 - /Heritage Images

Fiord of Kangerlic, South Greenland, in the Month of August, 1856. View of '...the Fjord of Kangerluarsuk [also spelt Kajarlik and Kangerlic]...interesting to mineralogists...being the locality in which the rare minerals eudialite, sodalite, and arfvedsonite are found...also [to be] found imbedded in the cryolite fine [were] crystals, of a variety of tantalite, which has not been hitherto seen. In the cryolite, besides the silver lead ore, are also found yellow copper ore, blende sparry iron ore, molybdenum tin stone in fine crystals, arsenical pyrites, fluor-spar, felspar, and quartz'. From "Illustrated London News", 1856.


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People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
After
  1. J. W. Tayler: British: Artist, mineralogist and analytical chemist

Picture Type
  1. Landscape

Geographic Hierarchy

World North and Central America Greenland

  1. 72 00 00 N , 040 00 00 W

Category Hierarchy

Science & Nature Geographical Features

Artistic Representations Landscapes


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3830x1739
File Size : 6,505kb


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  1. ILN_1856_Page_140_c.jpg
  1. 1856
  1. 0580080003
  1. 2-969-825
  1. 2969825

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