Cryolite
compound
Na3AlF6
The rare mineral that made aluminium affordable — once mined only in Greenland
Before synthetic cryolite, a single Greenland deposit was the world's only source of this mineral that unlocked the aluminium age.
Material
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Frame
Black
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Crystallography
| Catalogue identity | Cryolite — P1 2₁/n 1 |
| Formula | Na3AlF6 |
| Crystal system | monoclinic |
| Space group | P 1 21/n 1 |
| Lattice (a, b, c) Å | 5.4058, 5.5926, 7.7699 |
| Angles (α, β, γ) ° | 90, 90.195, 90 |
| Density (g/cm³) | 2.968 |
Structure data: Crystallography Open Database · Public domain (CC0)