Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Saviksoah Peninsula, Avannaata, Greenland, Denmark

mindat Locality ID: 214182
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-214182.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saviksoah Peninsula, Avannaata, Greenland, Denmark": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cape York Meteorite

Latitude: 76°7'58"N
Longitude: 64°55'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 76.132777777778,-64.932777777778

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.

Aphthitalite	Auricupride	Copper	Coronadite	Cubanite	Djerfisherite	None	Perovskite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Wurtzite

Alabandite ()*	Awaruite ()*	Buchwaldite ()*	Carlsbergite ()*	Chromite ()*
Copper ()*	Cubanite ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Djerfisherite ()*	Marićite ()*
Schreibersite ()*	Schwertmannite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*

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: Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mn N Na Ni O P S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aphthitalite Auricupride Copper Coronadite Cubanite Djerfisherite None Perovskite Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Wurtzite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	48317	312
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	1	48317	166
Buchwaldite ()*	Aphthitalite	NaCa(PO₄)	1	48317	3
Carlsbergite ()*	Rocksalt	CrN	1	48317	26
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	48317	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	48317	3846
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	48317	802
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	48317	157
Djerfisherite ()*	Djerfisherite	K₆(Fe,Cu,Ni)₂₅S₂₆Cl	1	48317	60
Marićite ()*	None	NaFe²⁺(PO₄)	1	48317	8
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	48317	374
Schwertmannite ()*	Coronadite	Fe³⁺₁₆O₁₆(OH)_9.6(SO₄)_3.2·10H₂O	1	48317	37
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	48317	21482
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	48317	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	48317	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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