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The mines near the village of Ivigtut furnish practically the world's supply of this mineral.
Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Jewett Castello Gilson
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Ivigtut is the only locality outside of Siberia which is known to produce the mineral kryolite (or kryolith) used in the manufacture of aluminum.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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The mineral cryolite occurs at Ivigtut and is mined by soda-making establishments in the United States.
Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges 1895
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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.
Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges 1895
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