Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Skaergaard Intrusion, Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark

mindat Locality ID: 60354
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-60354.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Skaergaard Intrusion, Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Platinova Reef

Latitude: 68°12'51"N
Longitude: 31°51'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 68.214166666667,-31.861666666667

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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Apatite	Auricupride	Baddeleyite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Iron	Melonite	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite
Potarite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stillwaterite	Tridymite	Wollastonite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*
Augite ()*	Auricupride ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Bogdanovite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Cobaltpentlandite ()*
Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fayalite ()*	Ferrobustamite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Gold ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Keithconnite ()*	Kotulskite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Melonite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Nielsenite ()*	Orcelite ()*
Palarstanide ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Skaergaardite ()*
Sopcheite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Telargpalite ()*	Telluropalladinite ()*
Tetra-auricupride ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Tulameenite ()*	Vasilite ()*
Vysotskite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zvyagintsevite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O P Pb Pd Pt S Si Sn Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O P Pb Pd S Si Te Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Apatite Auricupride Baddeleyite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Digenite Epidote Feldspar Iron Melonite Nickeline None Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite
Potarite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Sphalerite Spinel Stillwaterite Tridymite Wollastonite

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	0		2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	48589	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	0		3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	0		1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Auricupride ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Cu₃Au	0		24
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	0		238
Bogdanovite ()*	Auricupride	(Au,Te,Pb)₃(Cu,Fe)	0		11
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	48589	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	48589	27198
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	0		203
Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Co₉S₈	0		82
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	48589	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	0		371
Ferrobustamite ()*	Wollastonite	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	0		22
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	0		1188
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	48589	30554
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	0		741
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	48589	5433
Keithconnite ()*	None	Pd₂₀Te₇	1	48589	40
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1	48589	116
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	48589	14899
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	0		207
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	1	48589	155
Nielsenite ()*	None	PdCu₃	1	48589	4
Orcelite ()*	None	Ni_5-xAs₂ (x = 0.25)	0		36
Palarstanide ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₅(Sn,As)₂	1	48589	13
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	0		303
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	0		5186
Skaergaardite ()*	Iron	PdCu	1	48589	10
Sopcheite ()*	None	Ag₄Pd₃Te₄	1	48589	24
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1	48589	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Telargpalite ()*	None	(Pd,Ag)₃Te	0		18
Telluropalladinite ()*	None	Pd₉Te₄	1	48589	15
Tetra-auricupride ()*	None	CuAu	1	48589	30
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	48589	2562
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	0		458
Tulameenite ()*	Potarite	Pt₂CuFe	1	48589	48
Vasilite ()*	None	(Pd,Cu)₁₆(S,Te)₇	0		11
Vysotskite ()*	None	PdS	0		53
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	0		1247
Zvyagintsevite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pd₃Pb	1	48589	32

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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