Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

mindat Locality ID: 190675
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-190675.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qeqertaussaq Island, Kangerluarsuk Fjord, Ilímaussaq Complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
East Coast Pegmatite
South Coast Pegmatite

Latitude: 60°52'51"N
Longitude: 45°51'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.880833333333,-45.864444444444

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Astrophyllite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Catapleiite	Cristobalite	Eudialyte	Feldspar	Mica
Molybdenite	Monazite	Natrolite	Neptunite	None	Pectolite	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Sapphirine
Sodalite	Sphalerite	Tridymite

Aegirine ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*
Astrophyllite ()*	Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Catapleiite ()*	Chkalovite ()*	Eudialyte ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Lueshite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Neptunite ()*	Pectolite ()*
Polylithionite ()*	Rinkite-(Ce) ()*	Sodalite ()*	Sphaerobertrandite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Steenstrupine-(Ce) ()*	Tugtupite ()*

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: Al Be Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Li Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca Ce F H K Li Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Apatite Astrophyllite Cancrinite-sodalite Catapleiite Cristobalite Eudialyte Feldspar Mica
Molybdenite Monazite Natrolite Neptunite None Pectolite Perovskite Pyroxene Rocksalt Sapphirine
Sodalite Sphalerite Tridymite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	2	48362,48363	1022
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	1	48363	133
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	48363	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2	48362,48363	1627
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	48362,48363	295
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	1	48362	161
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	(Ce,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)	0		115
Catapleiite ()*	Catapleiite	Na₂Zr(Si₃O₉)·2H₂O	1	48363	113
Chkalovite ()*	Cristobalite	Na₂BeSi₂O₆	0		16
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂	2	48362,48363	182
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	48363	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	48363	24243
Lueshite ()*	Perovskite	NaNbO₃	1	48363	16
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	48362,48363	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	48363	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	48363	945
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	2	48362,48363	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	2	48362,48363	884
Neptunite ()*	Neptunite	KNa₂LiFe²⁺₂Ti₂Si₈O₂₄	1	48363	49
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	0		363
Polylithionite ()*	Mica	KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂	0		89
Rinkite-(Ce) ()*	None	(Ca₃REE)Na(NaCa)Ti(Si₂O₇)₂(OF)F₂	2	48362,48363	53
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	2	48362,48363	444
Sphaerobertrandite ()*	None	Be₃(SiO₄)(OH)₂	0		11
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	48363	21482
Steenstrupine-(Ce) ()*	None	Na₁₄Ce₆Mn²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂Zr(PO₄)₇Si₁₂O₃₆(OH)₂·3H₂O	2	48362,48363	28
Tugtupite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄BeAlSi₄O₁₂Cl	1	48362	12

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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