Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Eqi Area, Disko Bay, Qeqertalik, Greenland, Denmark

mindat Locality ID: 250992
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-250992.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eqi Area, Disko Bay, Qeqertalik, Greenland, Denmark": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Eqi East Area
Eqi West Prospect

Latitude: 69°43'50"N
Longitude: 50°6'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 69.730555555556,-50.11

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	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Diaspore
Epidote	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Stibnite

Actinolite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper Diaspore
Epidote Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Stibnite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	48438	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	48438	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	48438	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	48437	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	48437,48438	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	48437,48438	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	0		376
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	48437	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	48437,48438	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	0		2812
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	48437	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	48437,48438	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	48437,48438	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	48437,48438	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	48437,48438	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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