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Locality Name:
Illutalik Island, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1200
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1150

mindat Locality ID: 23311
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23311.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Illutalik Island, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 60°52'59"N
Longitude: 46°7'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.883055555556,-46.116666666667

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	Calcite	Corundum	Feldspar	None	Pectolite	Pyroxene	Quartz	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 C Ca F Fe H Li Na O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca F Fe H Li Na O Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Corundum Feldspar None Pectolite Pyroxene Quartz Zircon

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Emeleusite ()*	Hematite ()*
Narsarsukite ()*	Pectolite ()*	Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1200	1150	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1200	1150	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1200	1150	27770
Emeleusite ()*	None	Na₂LiFe³⁺Si₆O₁₅	1200	1150	1
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1200	1150	14640
Narsarsukite ()*	None	Na₂(Ti,Fe³⁺)Si₄(O,F)₁₁	1200	1150	34
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1200	1150	363
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1200	1150	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1200	1150	375
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1200	1150	5251

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
	Alexandra-0152	1200	1150	1200-1150		Age of alkaline intrusion									23311	Illutalik Island, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark	Illutalik Island (Igdlutalik)	Upton et al. (1976)		MM40_737

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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