Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kangerluarsuk Fjord, Ilímaussaq Complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark

mindat Locality ID: 1960
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1960.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kangerluarsuk Fjord, Ilímaussaq Complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Head Of Kangerluarsuk
Ilvaite Occurrence
Kringlerne
Leucophanite Occurrence
Qeqertaussaq Island
Skinnerite Occurrence
Turkestanite-narsarsukite Occurrence

Latitude: 60°52'20"N
Longitude: 45°51'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.872222222222,-45.864166666667

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.

Allargentum	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Astrophyllite	Bavenite	Bukovite
Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Catapleiite	Chabazite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Cristobalite	Epidote
Eudialyte	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Ilvaite	Löllingite	Labuntsovite	Lovozerite	Mica	Molybdenite
Monazite	Natrolite	Neptunite	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Pectolite	Perovskite	Prehnite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sapphirine	Scheelite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Steacyite	Tetrahedrite	Thortveitite
Tridymite	Tundrite	Zircon

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: Ag Al As Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Th Ti Tl Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mn Na O P S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allargentum Amphibole Analcime Apatite Arsenic Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Astrophyllite Bavenite Bukovite
Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Catapleiite Chabazite Chalcostibite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Cristobalite Epidote
Eudialyte Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Ilvaite Löllingite Labuntsovite Lovozerite Mica Molybdenite
Monazite Natrolite Neptunite None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Pectolite Perovskite Prehnite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sapphirine Scheelite Sodalite Sphalerite Steacyite Tetrahedrite Thortveitite
Tridymite Tundrite Zircon

71 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Albite ()*	Allargentum ()*	Analcime ()*
Andradite ()*	Annite ()*	Antimony ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Astrophyllite ()*	Augite ()*	Bavenite ()*	Bohseite ()*	Britholite-(Ce) ()*
Calcite ()*	Catapleiite ()*	Chabazite-Na ()*	Chalcostibite ()*	Chkalovite ()*
Dyscrasite ()*	Epidote ()*	Epistolite ()*	Eudialyte ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gittinsite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Karupmøllerite-Ca ()*	Kupletskite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Leucophanite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Lovozerite ()*	Lueshite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Nacareniobsite-(Ce) ()*	Narsarsukite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Naujakasite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Neptunite ()*	Pectolite ()*	Polylithionite ()*
Potassic-arfvedsonite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rinkite-(Ce) ()*
Schizolite ()*	Senarmontite ()*	Skinnerite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Sphaerobertrandite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Steenstrupine-(Ce) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thalcusite ()*	Tugtupite ()*
Tundrite-(Ce) ()*	Tuperssuatsiaite ()*	Turkestanite ()*	Ussingite ()*	Valentinite ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	13	48351,48352,48354,48356,48357,48358,48359,48360,48361,48362,48363,48364,48365	1022
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	3	48359,48361,48363	133
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	9	48351,48354,48357,48358,48360,48361,48363,48364,48365	8803
Allargentum ()*	Allargentum	Ag_1-xSb_x (x ≈ 0.09-0.16)	1	48364	69
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	7	48351,48354,48356,48359,48362,48363,48364	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	48358	1534
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	48359	356
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	1	48364	363
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	9	48351,48354,48357,48359,48361,48362,48363,48364,48365	295
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	5	48354,48359,48360,48361,48362	161
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	48365	2060
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	1	48358	255
Bohseite ()*	Bavenite	Ca₄Be_3+xAl_1-xSi₉O_25-x(OH)_3+x (x = 0 to 1)	0		5
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	(Ce,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)	1	48361	115
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	48358	27770
Catapleiite ()*	Catapleiite	Na₂Zr(Si₃O₉)·2H₂O	2	48359,48363	113
Chabazite-Na ()*	Chabazite	(Na₃K)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	1	48352	66
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂	1	48364	162
Chkalovite ()*	Cristobalite	Na₂BeSi₂O₆	1	48361	16
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	1	48364	180
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	48358	8173
Epistolite ()*	None	(Na )Nb₂Na₃Ti(Si₂O₇)₂O₂(OH)₂(H₂O)₄	2	48354,48356	16
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂	10	48351,48354,48356,48357,48359,48360,48361,48362,48363,48365	182
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	1	48359	196
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	48357,48363	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	48359,48360	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	48359,48363,48364	24243
Gittinsite ()*	Thortveitite	CaZrSi₂O₇	1	48359	11
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	48358	14640
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	0		367
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	1	48358	197
Karupmøllerite-Ca ()*	Labuntsovite	(Na,Ca,K)₂Ca(Nb,Ti)₄(Si₄O₁₂)₂(O,OH)₄·7H₂O	1	48357	1
Kupletskite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaMn²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	0		33
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	0		1507
Leucophanite ()*	None	NaCaBeSi₂O₆F	1	48360	55
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	48364	762
Lovozerite ()*	Lovozerite	Na₃CaZrSi₆O₁₅(OH)₃	1	48351	19
Lueshite ()*	Perovskite	NaNbO₃	2	48357,48363	16
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	6	48351,48354,48361,48362,48363,48365	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	48354,48363	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	48363	945
Nacareniobsite-(Ce) ()*	None	(Ca₃REE)Na₃Nb(Si₂O₇)₂(OF)F₂	2	48351,48359	10
Narsarsukite ()*	None	Na₂(Ti,Fe³⁺)Si₄(O,F)₁₁	1	48365	34
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	8	48351,48352,48354,48357,48360,48362,48363,48364	1236
Naujakasite ()*	None	Na₆Fe²⁺Al₄Si₈O₂₆	0		7
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	5	48354,48359,48360,48362,48363	884
Neptunite ()*	Neptunite	KNa₂LiFe²⁺₂Ti₂Si₈O₂₄	2	48354,48363	49
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	3	48354,48359,48361	363
Polylithionite ()*	Mica	KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂	3	48354,48359,48361	89
Potassic-arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	KNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	48356	14
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		1898
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	0		3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	48365	61156
Rinkite-(Ce) ()*	None	(Ca₃REE)Na(NaCa)Ti(Si₂O₇)₂(OF)F₂	5	48359,48360,48361,48362,48363	53
Schizolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCaMnSi₃O₈(OH)	0		10
Senarmontite ()*	Arsenolite	Sb₂O₃	1	48364	179
Skinnerite ()*	None	Cu₃SbS₃	1	48364	11
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	9	48351,48354,48356,48357,48359,48361,48362,48363,48364	444
Sphaerobertrandite ()*	None	Be₃(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	48361	11
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	48352,48354,48360,48363,48364,48365	21482
Steenstrupine-(Ce) ()*	None	Na₁₄Ce₆Mn²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂Zr(PO₄)₇Si₁₂O₃₆(OH)₂·3H₂O	8	48351,48352,48354,48356,48357,48362,48363,48364	28
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	48364	5317
Thalcusite ()*	Bukovite	(Cu,Fe)₄Tl₂S₄	1	48351	13
Tugtupite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄BeAlSi₄O₁₂Cl	2	48361,48362	12
Tundrite-(Ce) ()*	Tundrite	Na₂Ce₂TiO₂(SiO₄)(CO₃)₂	0		6
Tuperssuatsiaite ()*	Palygorskite	Na₂(Fe³⁺,Mn²⁺)₃Si₈O₂₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	2	48354,48357	10
Turkestanite ()*	Steacyite	(K, )(Ca,Na)₂ThSi₈O₂₀·nH₂O	1	48365	9
Ussingite ()*	None	Na₂AlSi₃O₈(OH)	4	48351,48352,48354,48364	24
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	1	48364	369
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	48358	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
FKM-77	Kangerluarsuk Fjord, Ilímaussaq Complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-76-to-fkm-100/#FKM-77
FKM-180	Kangerluarsuk Fjord, Ilímaussaq Complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-176-to-fkm-200/#FKM-180
FKM-181	Kangerluarsuk Fjord, Ilímaussaq Complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-176-to-fkm-200/#FKM-181
R060975	Lilleelv, Head Of Kangerluarsuk, Kangerluarsuk Fjord, Ilímaussaq Complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark	https://rruff.info/R060975

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