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Locality Name:
Cape Edvard Holm, Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark


mindat Locality ID: 30290
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30290.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cape Edvard Holm, Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 67°52'36"N
Longitude: 32°13'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 67.876666666667,-32.222777777778
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 Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pt S Si Te Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pt S Si Te Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAstrophylliteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumDigeniteFeldsparFluoriteMeloniteNone
OlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartzSapphirine

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Aenigmatite  (*)Albite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)
Astrophyllite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Digenite  (*)Fayalite  (*)
Ferro-edenite  (*)Ferro-richterite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Hastingsite  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Moncheite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sperrylite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O601022
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O60286
Aenigmatite  (*)SapphirineNa4[Fe2+10Ti2]O4[Si12O36]0133
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)20295
Astrophyllite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaFe2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F0161
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)0371
Ferro-edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Fe2+5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2057
Ferro-richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2030
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)20209
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O60741
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)20133
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs20337


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