Nummite is a gemstone from Greenland. It was discovered by Peter Appel, a Danish geologist of the Greenland Geological Survey while prospecting for wolfram (tungsten) in Godthãb Fjord.
The overall color of nummite is brown, with golden inclusions oriented in many directions. The material is opaque, with a specific gravity of about 3.20, and a spot refractive index of approximately 1.65.
At first the gemstone was called Nukkite, after the Greenland capital, Nuuk (Godthãb); then changed to Nummite, which means ‘from Nuuk’. It is an attractive stone.
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