Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tuperssuatsiat Bay, Tunulliarfik Fjord, Ilímaussaq Complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark

mindat Locality ID: 21780
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21780.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tuperssuatsiat Bay, Tunulliarfik Fjord, Ilímaussaq Complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hiortdahlite-bearing Pegmatite

Latitude: 60°55'19"N
Longitude: 45°50'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.921944444444,-45.836388888889

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	Apatite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Catapleiite	Eudialyte	Feldspar	Monazite	Natrolite	Neptunite
None	Palygorskite	Pectolite	Pyroxene	Sapphirine	Sodalite	Tridymite

Aegirine ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Catapleiite ()*	Eudialyte ()*	Microcline ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Natrolite ()*	Naujakasite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Neptunite ()*	Pectolite ()*
Rinkite-(Ce) ()*	Sodalite ()*	Steenstrupine-(Ce) ()*	Tuperssuatsiaite ()*

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 Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Li Mn Na O P Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Ce Fe H K Li Mn Na O P Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Apatite Cancrinite-sodalite Catapleiite Eudialyte Feldspar Monazite Natrolite Neptunite
None Palygorskite Pectolite Pyroxene Sapphirine Sodalite Tridymite

19 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	48400	1022
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	1	48400	133
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	48400	1627
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	48400	295
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	(Ce,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)	0		115
Catapleiite ()*	Catapleiite	Na₂Zr(Si₃O₉)·2H₂O	1	48400	113
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂	1	48400	182
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	48400	4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	0		945
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	48400	1236
Naujakasite ()*	None	Na₆Fe²⁺Al₄Si₈O₂₆	0		7
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	48400	884
Neptunite ()*	Neptunite	KNa₂LiFe²⁺₂Ti₂Si₈O₂₄	0		49
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	0		363
Rinkite-(Ce) ()*	None	(Ca₃REE)Na(NaCa)Ti(Si₂O₇)₂(OF)F₂	1	48400	53
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	1	48400	444
Steenstrupine-(Ce) ()*	None	Na₁₄Ce₆Mn²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂Zr(PO₄)₇Si₁₂O₃₆(OH)₂·3H₂O	0		28
Tuperssuatsiaite ()*	Palygorskite	Na₂(Fe³⁺,Mn²⁺)₃Si₈O₂₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	0		10

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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