30 July 2002.

Northern part of the Ilímaussaq Intrusion

(Kvanefjeld)

After a drive up to Christiansminde we walked up to the "new mine". (I might have marked the "old mine" at a wrong location, but anyway it is situated higher up than the new mine)

Foyaite. The lens cap is 52 mm.

The mountain Ilímaussaq and the Narsaq Glacier with the Taseq slope at the lower right.

Aegirine vein. The lens cap is 52 mm.

Aegirine. Vein with needles. The vein thickness is ca. 8 mm.

Chkalovite. Na2BeSi2O6

Naujakasite. The largest diamond-shaped crystals in the picture are ca. 2 mm (blue ball pen for scale).