Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sisimiut, Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark

mindat Locality ID: 30284
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30284.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sisimiut, Qeqqata, Greenland, Denmark": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ikertokfjorden
Sarfanguaq

Latitude: 66°53'34"N
Longitude: 52°51'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 66.892777777778,-52.854444444444

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	Arsenic	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Malachite	Mica
None	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Spinel	Stibnite

Anthophyllite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Malachite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Priderite ()*	Richterite ()*
Spinel ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Coronadite Corundum Covellite Malachite Mica
None Perovskite Pyroxene Spinel Stibnite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	48495	718
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	48494	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	48494	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	48495	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	48494	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	48494	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	0		4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	48495	944
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	48494	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	48495	17380
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	0		495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	0		2273
Priderite ()*	Coronadite	K(Ti₇Fe³⁺)O₁₆	0		41
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		148
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	0		1934

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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