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Locality Name:
Bjørnesund, Fiskenæsset (Fiskenaesset; Qeqertarsuatsiaat), Nuuk (Godthåb), Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark


mindat Locality ID: 192126
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192126.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bjørnesund, Fiskenæsset (Fiskenaesset; Qeqertarsuatsiaat), Nuuk (Godthåb), Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Kornerupine-sapphirine Locality North Of Bjørnesund
Sapphirine-occurrence N Of Bjørnesund
Sapphirine-occurrence NE Of Bjørnesund

Latitude: 63°5'11"N
Longitude: 49°46'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 63.086388888889,-49.769722222222
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 B Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBerylClayCorundumEpidoteFeldsparKornerupineMicaNonePyroxene
RutileSapphirineSpinel

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Anorthite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Gedrite  (*)Kornerupine  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pargasite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sapphirine  (*)Spinel  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1485491036
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181485471008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3348547,48548,485491797
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2148548327
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6148547944
Gedrite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2148548178
Kornerupine  (*)Kornerupine(Mg,Fe2+,Al,   )10(Si,Al,B)5O21(OH,F)214854768
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2148549238
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414854914899
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2148547313
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21485482273
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21485485614
Sapphirine  (*)SapphirineMg4(Mg3Al9)O4[Si3Al9O36]348547,48548,48549129
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4348547,48548,485491934
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1485491025


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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