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


mindat Locality ID: 191503
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191503.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lilleelv, Head Of Kangerluarsuk, Kangerluarsuk Fjord, Ilímaussaq Complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lilleelv Pegmatite
Pegmatite Valley

Latitude: 60°53'30"N
Longitude: 45°50'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.891666666667,-45.842222222222
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 F Fe H K Li Mn Mo Na Nb O P S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAnalcimeAstrophylliteCancrinite-sodaliteEudialyteFeldsparMicaMolybdeniteNatroliteNeptunite
NonePalygorskitePectolitePyroxeneSodaliteSphaleriteTridymite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)Astrophyllite  (*)
Epistolite  (*)Eudialyte  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Nepheline  (*)Neptunite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Polylithionite  (*)Potassic-arfvedsonite  (*)
Sodalite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Steenstrupine-(Ce)  (*)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+Si2O6248354,483561022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1483548803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O248354,483561627
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2148354295
Astrophyllite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaFe2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F148354161
Epistolite  (*)None(Na   )Nb2Na3Ti(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2(H2O)4248354,4835616
Eudialyte  (*)EudialyteNa15Ca6Fe3Zr3Si(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)2248354,48356182
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1483544924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21483545800
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1483541236
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)O12Cl248354,48356444
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14835421482
Steenstrupine-(Ce)  (*)NoneNa14Ce6Mn2+2Fe3+2Zr(PO4)7Si12O36(OH)2·3H2O248354,4835628
Tuperssuatsiaite  (*)PalygorskiteNa2(Fe3+,Mn2+)3Si8O20(OH)2·4H2O14835410
Ussingite  (*)NoneNa2AlSi3O8(OH)14835424


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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