Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nakkaalaaq, Ilímaussaq Complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark

mindat Locality ID: 1956
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1956.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nakkaalaaq, Ilímaussaq Complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ilimaussite Occurrence

Latitude: 60°58'55"N
Longitude: 45°54'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.981944444444,-45.901388888889

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.

Analcime	Bixbyite	Bukovite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Columbite	Corundum	Cristobalite	Feldspar	Melilite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Odintsovite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Sodalite	Sphalerite

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Avicennite ()*	Barylite ()*
Bavenite ()*	Behoite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcothallite ()*
Chkalovite ()*	Cuprostibite ()*	Epididymite ()*	Epistolite ()*	Fersmite ()*
Galena ()*	Genthelvite ()*	Helvine ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hydroxylgugiaite ()*	Ilímaussite-(Ce) ()*	Lafossaite ()*	Leucophanite ()*	Microcline ()*
Odintsovite ()*	Polylithionite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Sørensenite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Thalcusite ()*	Ussingite ()*

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 Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Ti Tl Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Tl Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Bixbyite Bukovite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Columbite Corundum Cristobalite Feldspar Melilite
Mica None Not in a structural group Odintsovite Pyroxene Rocksalt Sodalite Sphalerite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	0		1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	48381	1627
Avicennite ()*	Bixbyite	Tl₂O₃	0		7
Barylite ()*	None	BaBe₂Si₂O₇	0		33
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	0		255
Behoite ()*	Cristobalite	Be(OH)₂	0		24
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	0		606
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chalcothallite ()*	Bukovite	(Cu,Fe,Ag)_6.3(Tl,K)₂SbS₄	0		3
Chkalovite ()*	Cristobalite	Na₂BeSi₂O₆	1	48381	16
Cuprostibite ()*	None	Cu₂(Sb,Tl)	0		15
Epididymite ()*	Not in a structural group	Na₂Be₂Si₆O₁₅·H₂O	0		70
Epistolite ()*	None	(Na )Nb₂Na₃Ti(Si₂O₇)₂O₂(OH)₂(H₂O)₄	1	48381	16
Fersmite ()*	Columbite	CaNb₂O₆	0		83
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Genthelvite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Zn₄(SiO₄)₃S	0		60
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	0		237
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	0		1689
Hydroxylgugiaite ()*	Melilite	(Ca₃ )_Σ4(Si_3.5Be_2.5)_Σ6O₁₁(OH)₃	0		3
Ilímaussite-(Ce) ()*	None	(Ba,Na)₁₀K₃Na_4.5Ce₅(Nb,Ti)₆O₆(Si₁₂O₃₆)(Si₉O₁₈)(O,OH)₂₄	1	48381	1
Lafossaite ()*	None	TlCl	0		5
Leucophanite ()*	None	NaCaBeSi₂O₆F	0		55
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Odintsovite ()*	Odintsovite	K₂Na₄Ca₃Ti₂Be₄Si₁₂O₃₈	0		3
Polylithionite ()*	Mica	KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂	0		89
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	0		444
Sørensenite ()*	None	Na₄Be₂Sn(Si₃O₉)₂·2H₂O	0		4
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Thalcusite ()*	Bukovite	(Cu,Fe)₄Tl₂S₄	0		13
Ussingite ()*	None	Na₂AlSi₃O₈(OH)	1	48381	24

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060838	Nakkaalaaq, Ilímaussaq Complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark	https://rruff.info/R060838

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