Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Qaarsut (Kaersut), Nuussuaq Peninsula, Avannaata, Greenland, Denmark

mindat Locality ID: 1966
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1966.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qaarsut (Kaersut), Nuussuaq Peninsula, Avannaata, Greenland, Denmark": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Østerfjeld
Qaarsut Graphite Mine

Latitude: 70°43'9"N
Longitude: 52°36'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 70.719166666667,-52.616111111111

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	Calcite	Corundum	Feldspar	Iron	Natrolite	None	Pectolite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel

Aegirine ()*	Analcime ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*
Diopside ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*
Kaersutite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Pectolite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

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 C Ca Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Calcite Corundum Feldspar Iron Natrolite None Pectolite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Spinel

17 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
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	48313	1627
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	48313	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	48313	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	0		4135
Graphite ()*	None	C	0		2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	48313	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	0		1089
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	1	48313	179
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	48313	14899
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	0		425
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	0		1236
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	0		363
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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