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Locality Name:
Kruuse Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark


mindat Locality ID: 278734
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278734.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kruuse Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kruuse Fjord Complex

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 As Au Bi Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pd Pt Rh S Si Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAuricuprideChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCubaniteEpidoteMelonite
MicaMilleriteNickelineNonePentlanditePerovskitePrehnitePyritePyroxeneSpinel
TalcUllmanniteWurtzite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Augite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Copper  (*)Cubanite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)Isoferroplatinum  (*)Kotulskite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Millerite  (*)Moncheite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Platarsite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Talc  (*)
Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21485323419
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2148532718
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61485322060
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41485325516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214853227198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41485323902
Copper  (*)CopperCu1485323846
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3148532802
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61485324135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1485328173
Gold  (*)CopperAu14853230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314853214640
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS148532119
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe148532128
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)148532116
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414853214899
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1485321066
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)2148532133
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81485321512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21485322273
Platarsite  (*)PyritePtAsS14853244
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21485321898
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81485329056
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2148532337
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21485323337
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4148532380


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