Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Ages for Calcite at Maniitsoq Island, Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 183Ma - 162Ma at this locality

Age range from children

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Jen_0000785	183	169				256771	REE Carbonatite Vein, Qaqqaarsuk (Qaqarssuk), Maniitsoq, Maniitsoq Island, Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000784	176	162				256771	REE Carbonatite Vein, Qaqqaarsuk (Qaqarssuk), Maniitsoq, Maniitsoq Island, Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796

Locality age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Jen_0000783	172	172				256771	REE Carbonatite Vein, Qaqqaarsuk (Qaqarssuk), Maniitsoq, Maniitsoq Island, Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000784	176	162				256771	REE Carbonatite Vein, Qaqqaarsuk (Qaqarssuk), Maniitsoq, Maniitsoq Island, Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000785	183	169				256771	REE Carbonatite Vein, Qaqqaarsuk (Qaqarssuk), Maniitsoq, Maniitsoq Island, Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
Michelle_752	167.6	163.8	Phlogopite			256771	REE Carbonatite Vein, Qaqqaarsuk (Qaqarssuk), Maniitsoq, Maniitsoq Island, Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark	Secher et al. (2009)	L112_400
ree-00354	183	162				30258	Qaqqaarsuk (Qaqarssuk), Maniitsoq, Maniitsoq Island, Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189