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Locality Name:
Nuussuaq Peninsula, Avannaata, Greenland, Denmark


mindat Locality ID: 203701
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203701.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nuussuaq Peninsula, Avannaata, Greenland, Denmark": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Calcite Spheres Occurrence
Kaersut Fe Occurrence
Niaqornat
Qaarsut (Kaersut)

Latitude: 70°39'51"N
Longitude: 52°27'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 70.664166666667,-52.458888888889

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumFeldsparGyroliteIronNatrolite
NickelineNonePectolitePyritePyroxeneQuartzSpinel

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Analcime  (*)Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Graphite  (*)Gyrolite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)Kaersutite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mesolite  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Opal  (*)Pectolite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Reyerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61483121022
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O248312,483131627
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)248312,483131036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6248312,483132060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)348310,48311,4831227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61483124135
Graphite  (*)NoneC1483122812
Gyrolite  (*)GyroliteNaCa16(Si23Al)O60(OH)8·14H2O148311142
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314831314640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31483125433
Iron  (*)IronFe348309,48310,483121089
Kaersutite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O2148313179
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414831314899
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O148312425
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1483121236
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1483112994
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)148312363
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214831239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2248311,4831261156
Reyerite  (*)GyroliteNa2Ca14Al2Si22O58(OH)8·6H2O1483118



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