Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Taseq Slope, Ilímaussaq Complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark

mindat Locality ID: 1957
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1957.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Taseqite Occurrence

Latitude: 60°57'42"N
Longitude: 45°57'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.961666666667,-45.961666666667

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	Analcime	Ancylite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Bukovite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Catapleiite
Copper	Cristobalite	Eudialyte	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	Monazite	Natrolite	Neptunite	None
Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Pyroxene	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Vitusite	Wollastonite

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Ancylite-(La) ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*
Beryllite ()*	Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Calcite ()*	Catapleiite ()*	Chalcothallite ()*
Chkalovite ()*	Cuprostibite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dyrnaesite-(La) ()*	Epididymite ()*
Epistolite ()*	Eudidymite ()*	Ferrobustamite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Gudmundite ()*	Helvine ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Lead ()*	Leucophanite ()*
Litharge ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Natrolite ()*	Neptunite ()*	Pectolite ()*
Polylithionite ()*	Semenovite-(Ce) ()*	Sodalite ()*	Sørensenite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Steenstrupine-(Ce) ()*	Strontianite ()*	Taseqite ()*	Thalcusite ()*	Tugtupite ()*
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 Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K La Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb REE S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti Tl Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Be Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K La Li Mn Na Nb O P Pb REE S Sb Si Sn Ti Tl Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Ancylite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Bukovite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Catapleiite
Copper Cristobalite Eudialyte Feldspar Fluorite Mica Monazite Natrolite Neptunite None
Not in a structural group Pectolite Pyroxene Sodalite Sphalerite Vitusite Wollastonite

41 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	1	48385	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	48385	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	48385	1627
Ancylite-(La) ()*	Ancylite	LaSr(CO₃)₂(OH)·H₂O	1	48385	13
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		295
Beryllite ()*	None	Be₃(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	0		4
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	(Ce,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)	0		115
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	48385	27770
Catapleiite ()*	Catapleiite	Na₂Zr(Si₃O₉)·2H₂O	1	48385	113
Chalcothallite ()*	Bukovite	(Cu,Fe,Ag)_6.3(Tl,K)₂SbS₄	0		3
Chkalovite ()*	Cristobalite	Na₂BeSi₂O₆	0		16
Cuprostibite ()*	None	Cu₂(Sb,Tl)	0		15
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	48385	9895
Dyrnaesite-(La) ()*	Vitusite	Na₈Ce⁴⁺(La,REE)₂(PO₄)₆	0		1
Epididymite ()*	Not in a structural group	Na₂Be₂Si₆O₁₅·H₂O	0		70
Epistolite ()*	None	(Na )Nb₂Na₃Ti(Si₂O₇)₂O₂(OH)₂(H₂O)₄	0		16
Eudidymite ()*	None	Na₂Be₂Si₆O₁₅·H₂O	0		42
Ferrobustamite ()*	Wollastonite	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	48385	22
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	48385	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	0		170
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	0		237
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	48385	1689
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	0		192
Leucophanite ()*	None	NaCaBeSi₂O₆F	0		55
Litharge ()*	None	PbO	0		139
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	0		945
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	0		1236
Neptunite ()*	Neptunite	KNa₂LiFe²⁺₂Ti₂Si₈O₂₄	0		49
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	48385	363
Polylithionite ()*	Mica	KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂	0		89
Semenovite-(Ce) ()*	None	(Na,Ca)₉Fe²⁺Ce₂(Si,Be)₂₀(O,OH,F)₄₈	0		1
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	0		444
Sørensenite ()*	None	Na₄Be₂Sn(Si₃O₉)₂·2H₂O	0		4
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	48385	21482
Steenstrupine-(Ce) ()*	None	Na₁₄Ce₆Mn²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂Zr(PO₄)₇Si₁₂O₃₆(OH)₂·3H₂O	0		28
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	48385	589
Taseqite ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₂Sr₃Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃NbSi₂₅O₇₃(O,OH,H₂O)₃Cl₂	1	48385	3
Thalcusite ()*	Bukovite	(Cu,Fe)₄Tl₂S₄	0		13
Tugtupite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄BeAlSi₄O₁₂Cl	0		12
Ussingite ()*	None	Na₂AlSi₃O₈(OH)	0		24

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070562	Taseq Slope, Ilímaussaq Complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark	https://rruff.info/R070562

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