Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

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:
Fiskenæsset (Fiskenaesset; Qeqertarsuatsiaat), Nuuk (Godthåb), Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark

mindat Locality ID: 2474
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2474.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fiskenæsset (Fiskenaesset; Qeqertarsuatsiaat), Nuuk (Godthåb), Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Aappaluttoq Ruby Mine
Bjørnesund
Fiskenæsset Old Harbour
Nort-West Angnertussoq
Sarfaq

Latitude: 63°3'28"N
Longitude: 50°16'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 63.057777777778,-50.2825

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	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore
Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Iron	Kornerupine	Malachite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sapphirine	Sphalerite	Spinel
Talc	Titanite	Wurtzite	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 B C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O S Si Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Cubanite Diaspore
Digenite Epidote Feldspar Iron Kornerupine Malachite Mica Millerite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sapphirine Sphalerite Spinel
Talc Titanite Wurtzite Zircon

59 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Clintonite ()*	Cordierite ()*
Corundum ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-gedrite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Gedrite ()*	Geikielite ()*	Godlevskite ()*	Goethite ()*	Grandidierite ()*
Graphite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*
Kornerupine ()*	Kyanite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pargasite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Polydymite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sapphirine ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Tschermakite ()*	Violarite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	2	48549,48550	1036
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	48551	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	0		3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2	48551,48552	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025
Clintonite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAlMg₂(SiAl₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	48551	86
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	48547	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	7	48545,48547,48548,48549,48550,48551,48552	1797
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	0		802
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	48548	327
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	0		1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	48551	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	3	48547,48550,48551	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Ferro-gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂(Fe²⁺₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	0		11
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	48551	1188
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	3	48548,48550,48551	178
Geikielite ()*	Corundum	MgTiO₃	1	48551	70
Godlevskite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	0		40
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Grandidierite ()*	None	MgAl₃O₂(BO₃)(SiO₄)	0		40
Graphite ()*	None	C	0		2812
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	0		205
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	0		407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	48551	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	0		1089
Kornerupine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Al, )₁₀(Si,Al,B)₅O₂₁(OH,F)₂	3	48547,48550,48552	68
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	0		1507
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	0		451
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	3	48549,48550,48551	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	48549	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	0		1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	48547	313
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	0		1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	48545,48548	2273
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	0		131
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	48545,48548,48551	5614
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	5	48547,48548,48549,48550,48551	129
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	0		1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	5	48547,48548,48549,48550,48551	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	48551	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		2562
Tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	0		73
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	0		380
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	48549	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
FKM-11	Fiskenæsset (Fiskenaesset; Qeqertarsuatsiaat), Nuuk (Godthåb), Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-1-to-fkm-25/#FKM-11

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...