Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Narsaq River Pegmatite, Kvanefjeld (Kuannersuit Plateau), Ilímaussaq Complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1160
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1160

mindat Locality ID: 8245
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8245.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Narsaq River Pegmatite, Kvanefjeld (Kuannersuit Plateau), Ilímaussaq Complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Feldspar	Joaquinite	Natrolite	None	Palygorskite	Pyroxene
Rhabdophane	Sodalite	Tridymite

Aegirine ()*	Analcime ()*	Microcline ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Orthojoaquinite-(La) ()*	Rhabdophane-(Ce) ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Steenstrupine-(Ce) ()*
Yofortierite ()*

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 Ce Cl F Fe H K La Mg Mn Na O P Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Ce Cl F Fe H K La Mn Na O P Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Feldspar Joaquinite Natrolite None Palygorskite Pyroxene
Rhabdophane Sodalite Tridymite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1160	1160	1022
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1160	1160	1627
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1160	1160	4924
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1160	1160	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1160	1160	884
Orthojoaquinite-(La) ()*	Joaquinite	NaBa₂Fe²⁺La₂Ti₂(SiO₃)₈O₂(OH,O,F)·H₂O	1160	1160	1
Rhabdophane-(Ce) ()*	Rhabdophane	Ce(PO₄)·H₂O	1160	1160	66
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1160	1160	375
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	1160	1160	444
Steenstrupine-(Ce) ()*	None	Na₁₄Ce₆Mn²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂Zr(PO₄)₇Si₁₂O₃₆(OH)₂·3H₂O	1160	1160	28
Yofortierite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	Mn²⁺₅Si₈O₂₀(OH)₂·7H₂O	1160	1160	8

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Be-00043	1160	1160	1160			high				Yes		Beryllite, Chkalovite, Lovdarite, Nabesite, Odintsovite, Semenovite-(Ce), Sorensenite, Sphaerobertrandite, Tugtupite, Eirikite	Be	30754	Kvanefjeld (Kuannersuit Plateau), Ilímaussaq Complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark		Krumrei et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.10.004	CG227_258

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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