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:
Ikka-Grønnedal Complex (Ika-Grønnedal), Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1344
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1310

mindat Locality ID: 1959
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1959.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ikka-Grønnedal Complex (Ika-Grønnedal), Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Baryte	Burbankite	Calcite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Feldspar	Fluorite
Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*
Baryte ()*	Burbankite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Katophorite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 Ba C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Baryte Burbankite Calcite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Feldspar Fluorite
Mica None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Tridymite Zircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1344	1310	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	1344	1310	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1344	1310	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1344	1310	1627
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1344	1310	295
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1344	1310	11547
Burbankite ()*	Burbankite	(Na,Ca)₃(Sr,Ba,Ce)₃(CO₃)₅	1344	1310	52
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1344	1310	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	1344	1310	232
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1344	1310	9617
Katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1344	1310	46
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1344	1310	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1344	1310	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1344	1310	884
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1344	1310	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1344	1310	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1344	1310	375
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1344	1310	6417
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	1344	1310	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1344	1310	21482
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1344	1310	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0001036	MAGMATIC STYLE: Major intrusions - central plug and smaller bodies. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline syenite, pulaskite, syenite, ijolite, malignite, perthosite and lamprophyres.

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Jen_0001036	1344	1310	1327±17	Rb-Sr			whole rock							1959	Ikka-Grønnedal Complex (Ika-Grønnedal), Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark	Gronnedal-Ika	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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