Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Napoleon Bay, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 45752
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45752.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Napoleon Bay, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 62°53'0"N
Longitude: 65°21'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.883333333333,-65.35

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	Analcime	Ancylite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Batisite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum
Djerfisherite	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pectolite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Serpentine
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Annite ()*	Baryte ()*
Barytolamprophyllite ()*	Batisite ()*	Calcioancylite-(Ce) ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Diopside ()*	Djerfisherite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kalsilite ()*	Leucite ()*
Lorenzenite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Pectolite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Potassic-arfvedsonite ()*
Potassic-magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sanidine ()*	Saponite ()*	Shcherbakovite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Strontianite ()*	Tetraferriannite ()*	Titanite ()*
Ulvöspinel ()*	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 Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Ancylite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Batisite Calcite Clay Corundum
Djerfisherite Feldspar Mica None Pectolite Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt Serpentine
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Tridymite Zircon

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	356
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Barytolamprophyllite ()*	None	(BaK)Ti₂Na₃Ti(Si₂O₇)₂O₂(OH)₂	21
Batisite ()*	Batisite	Na₂BaTi₂O₂(Si₂O₆)₂	11
Calcioancylite-(Ce) ()*	Ancylite	(Ce,Ca,Sr)(CO₃)(OH,H₂O)	46
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Djerfisherite ()*	Djerfisherite	K₆(Fe,Cu,Ni)₂₅S₂₆Cl	60
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Kalsilite ()*	None	KAlSiO₄	49
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	233
Lorenzenite ()*	None	Na₂Ti₂O₃(Si₂O₆)	82
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	884
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	363
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Potassic-arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	KNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	14
Potassic-magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	KNa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	10
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	598
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	301
Shcherbakovite ()*	Batisite	K₂NaTi₂O(OH)Si₄O₁₂	16
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	589
Tetraferriannite ()*	Mica	KFe²⁺₃(Si₃Fe³⁺)O₁₀(OH)₂	10
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄	120
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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