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:
Tunulliarfik Fjord, Ilímaussaq Complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark

mindat Locality ID: 69152
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-69152.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tunulliarfik Fjord, Ilímaussaq Complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Agpat (Appat)
Igdlunguaq
Ilua Bay
Kumerngit
Naujakasik (Naajakasik)
North Shore
North Siorarssuit
Nunarssuatsiaq
Nunasarnaq
Redekammen
Tugtup Agtakôrfia
Tuperssuatsiat Bay

Latitude: 60°56'24"N
Longitude: 45°51'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.94,-45.852777777778

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	Arsenopyrite	Astrophyllite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Catapleiite	Clinozoisite	Cristobalite
Epidote	Eudialyte	Feldspar	Fluorite	Löllingite	Leifite	Mica	Modderite	Monazite	Natrolite
Neptunite	Nickeline	None	Palygorskite	Pectolite	Perovskite	Prehnite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sapphirine	Skutterudite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Tridymite

Aegirine ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*
Astrophyllite ()*	Bornite ()*	Breithauptite ()*	Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Calcite ()*
Catapleiite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chkalovite ()*	Epidote ()*	Epistolite ()*
Eudialyte ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gudmundite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*
Leifite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Lueshite ()*	Microcline ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Murmanite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Naujakasite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Neptunite ()*
Nickeline ()*	Pectolite ()*	Polylithionite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rinkite-(Ce) ()*	Rosenbuschite ()*	Schizolite ()*	Siderite ()*	Skutterudite ()*
Sodalite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Steenstrupine-(Ce) ()*	Tugtupite ()*	Tuperssuatsiaite ()*
Ussingite ()*	Westerveldite ()*

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 As Be C Ca Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Na Nb O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Apatite Arsenopyrite Astrophyllite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Catapleiite Clinozoisite Cristobalite
Epidote Eudialyte Feldspar Fluorite Löllingite Leifite Mica Modderite Monazite Natrolite
Neptunite Nickeline None Palygorskite Pectolite Perovskite Prehnite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Sapphirine Skutterudite Sodalite Sphalerite Tridymite

47 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	4	48388,48398,48399,48400	1022
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	3	48391,48399,48400	133
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	48397,48398,48399	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	4	48388,48390,48398,48400	1627
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	8	48388,48390,48391,48394,48396,48398,48399,48400	295
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	1	48393	161
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	48395	5516
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	1	48388	175
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	(Ce,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)	3	48388,48391,48399	115
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	48395	27770
Catapleiite ()*	Catapleiite	Na₂Zr(Si₃O₉)·2H₂O	2	48388,48400	113
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	48395	5707
Chkalovite ()*	Cristobalite	Na₂BeSi₂O₆	1	48398	16
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	48393,48397	8173
Epistolite ()*	None	(Na )Nb₂Na₃Ti(Si₂O₇)₂O₂(OH)₂(H₂O)₄	2	48388,48394	16
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂	6	48388,48390,48391,48397,48399,48400	182
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	48393	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	48388	24243
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	1	48388	170
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	48394	367
Leifite ()*	Leifite	Na₇Be₂(Si₁₅Al₃)O₃₉(F,OH)₂	1	48398	10
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	48388	762
Lueshite ()*	Perovskite	NaNbO₃	0		16
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	6	48388,48390,48397,48398,48399,48400	4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	2	48388,48399	945
Murmanite ()*	None	Na₂Ti₂Na₂Ti₂(Si₂O₇)₂O₄(H₂O)₄	1	48389	24
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	4	48388,48398,48399,48400	1236
Naujakasite ()*	None	Na₆Fe²⁺Al₄Si₈O₂₆	3	48387,48391,48399	7
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	4	48388,48398,48399,48400	884
Neptunite ()*	Neptunite	KNa₂LiFe²⁺₂Ti₂Si₈O₂₄	3	48388,48398,48399	49
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	48388	633
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	4	48388,48391,48398,48399	363
Polylithionite ()*	Mica	KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂	1	48398	89
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	48395	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	48395	61156
Rinkite-(Ce) ()*	None	(Ca₃REE)Na(NaCa)Ti(Si₂O₇)₂(OF)F₂	3	48391,48398,48400	53
Rosenbuschite ()*	None	Ca₆Zr₂Na₆ZrTi(Si₂O₇)₄(OF)₂F₄	1	48395	42
Schizolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCaMnSi₃O₈(OH)	2	48393,48398	10
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	48395	6417
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	1	48388	531
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	7	48388,48391,48395,48396,48398,48399,48400	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	48388,48391,48394,48395,48398	21482
Steenstrupine-(Ce) ()*	None	Na₁₄Ce₆Mn²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂Zr(PO₄)₇Si₁₂O₃₆(OH)₂·3H₂O	5	48388,48391,48394,48398,48399	28
Tugtupite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄BeAlSi₄O₁₂Cl	1	48398	12
Tuperssuatsiaite ()*	Palygorskite	Na₂(Fe³⁺,Mn²⁺)₃Si₈O₂₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	2	48392,48399	10
Ussingite ()*	None	Na₂AlSi₃O₈(OH)	3	48388,48396,48398	24
Westerveldite ()*	Modderite	FeAs	1	48388	11

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R061034	Igdlunguaq, Tunulliarfik Fjord, Ilímaussaq Complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark	https://rruff.info/R061034
R061088	Naujakasik (Naajakasik), Tunulliarfik Fjord, Ilímaussaq Complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark	https://rruff.info/R061088
R070396	Tugtup Agtakôrfia, Tunulliarfik Fjord, Ilímaussaq Complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark	https://rruff.info/R070396

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