Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
SM6 Unit, Motzfeldt Centre, Igaliku Complex, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1341
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1152

mindat Locality ID: 256736
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256736.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "SM6 Unit, Motzfeldt Centre, Igaliku Complex, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Cancrinite-sodalite	None	Phenakite	Sodalite

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Be O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Be O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Cancrinite-sodalite None Phenakite Sodalite

2 IMA Minerals at location:

Genthelvite ()*	Willemite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Genthelvite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Zn₄(SiO₄)₃S	1267	1267	0		60
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1341	1152	0		303

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0001032	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes, rarely exceeding 1 m in width and several hundred metres long, and a breccia plug (in the North Qôrok Centre). ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Syenite, nepheline syenite, lamprophyre.
Jen_0001033	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes, rarely exceeding 1 m in width and several hundred metres long, and a breccia plug (in the North Qôrok Centre). ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Syenite, nepheline syenite, lamprophyre.
Jen_0001034	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes, rarely exceeding 1 m in width and several hundred metres long, and a breccia plug (in the North Qôrok Centre). ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Syenite, nepheline syenite, lamprophyre.

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Be-00009	1267	1267	1267		high		Yes	Epididymite, Eudidymite, Leifite, Leucophanite	Be	1961	Narssârssuk Pegmatite, Narsaarsuk Plateau, Igaliku, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark		McCreath et al. (2012)	10.1007/s00410-011-0709-1	CMP163_967
Jen_0001032	1238	1238	1238	Rb-Sr		whole rock	Yes			131814	Igaliku Complex, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark	Igaliko	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001033	1182	1152	1167±15	Rb-Sr		whole rock	Yes			131814	Igaliku Complex, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark	Igaliko	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001034	1341	1279	1310±31	Rb-Sr		whole rock	Yes			131814	Igaliku Complex, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark	Igaliko	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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