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


mindat Locality ID: 190781
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-190781.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Head Of Kangerluarsuk, Kangerluarsuk Fjord, Ilímaussaq Complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Gmelinite-Chabazite-Na Occurrence
Lilleelv
Mellemelv Stream Valley

Latitude: 60°53'22"N
Longitude: 45°50'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.889444444444,-45.843055555556
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: Al Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mn Mo Na Nb O P S Si Ti Tl Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cu F Fe H Na Nb O REE S Si Tl Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteAstrophylliteBukoviteCancrinite-sodaliteChabaziteEudialyteFeldsparLabuntsovite
LovozeriteMicaMolybdeniteNatroliteNeptuniteNonePalygorskitePectolitePerovskitePyroxene
SodaliteSphaleriteTridymite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)Astrophyllite  (*)
Chabazite-Na  (*)Epistolite  (*)Eudialyte  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Karupmøllerite-Ca  (*)
Lovozerite  (*)Lueshite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Nacareniobsite-(Ce)  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Neptunite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Polylithionite  (*)
Potassic-arfvedsonite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Steenstrupine-(Ce)  (*)Thalcusite  (*)
Tuperssuatsiaite  (*)Ussingite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6448352,48354,48356,483571022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)248354,483578803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O248354,483561627
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2248354,48357295
Astrophyllite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaFe2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F148354161
Chabazite-Na  (*)Chabazite(Na3K)[Al4Si8O24]·11H2O14835266
Epistolite  (*)None(Na   )Nb2Na3Ti(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2(H2O)4248354,4835616
Eudialyte  (*)EudialyteNa15Ca6Fe3Zr3Si(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)2348354,48356,48357182
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1483572740
Karupmøllerite-Ca  (*)Labuntsovite(Na,Ca,K)2Ca(Nb,Ti)4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4·7H2O1483571
Lovozerite  (*)LovozeriteNa3CaZrSi6O15(OH)3019
Lueshite  (*)PerovskiteNaNbO314835716
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1483544924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21483545800
Nacareniobsite-(Ce)  (*)None(Ca3REE)Na3Nb(Si2O7)2(OF)F2010
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O348352,48354,483571236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)148354884
Neptunite  (*)NeptuniteKNa2LiFe2+2Ti2Si8O2414835449
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)148354363
Polylithionite  (*)MicaKLi2AlSi4O10F214835489
Potassic-arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleKNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)214835614
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl348354,48356,48357444
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS248352,4835421482
Steenstrupine-(Ce)  (*)NoneNa14Ce6Mn2+2Fe3+2Zr(PO4)7Si12O36(OH)2·3H2O448352,48354,48356,4835728
Thalcusite  (*)Bukovite(Cu,Fe)4Tl2S4013
Tuperssuatsiaite  (*)PalygorskiteNa2(Fe3+,Mn2+)3Si8O20(OH)2·4H2O248354,4835710
Ussingite  (*)NoneNa2AlSi3O8(OH)248352,4835424


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060975Lilleelv, Head Of Kangerluarsuk, Kangerluarsuk Fjord, Ilímaussaq Complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmarkhttps://rruff.info/R060975

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