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Locality Name:
Qaqortoq, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark


mindat Locality ID: 131816
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131816.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qaqortoq, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Frederik VII's Mine
Klokken Complex

Latitude: 60°43'8"N
Longitude: 46°2'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.718888888889,-46.035277777778
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Na O Pb S Se Si Te Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cl Fe H Na O Si Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChalcopyriteCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteEudialyteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
OlivinePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSpinel

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Azurite  (*)Bohdanowiczite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Eucairite  (*)
Eudialyte  (*)Fayalite  (*)Ferro-edenite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hastingsite  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Naumannite  (*)Quartz  (*)Umangite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61484081022
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21484075509
Bohdanowiczite  (*)NoneAgBiSe214840741
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41484075516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1484075707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214840727198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe148407281
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1484074165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1484071027
Eucairite  (*)NoneCuAgSe14840754
Eudialyte  (*)EudialyteNa15Ca6Fe3Zr3Si(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)20182
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)148408371
Ferro-edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Fe2+5(Si7Al)O22(OH)214840857
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1484077437
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2148408209
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6148408741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314840714640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te148407804
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4248407,4840814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214840712537
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se148407192
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214840861156
Umangite  (*)NoneCu3Se214840771


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