Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nunarssuit Island, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark

mindat Locality ID: 187656
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187656.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nunarssuit Island, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Nunarssuit Complex
Puklen Complex

Latitude: 60°45'59"N
Longitude: 47°58'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.766388888889,-47.966666666667

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	Apatite	Astrophyllite	Chevkinite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Mica
None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sapphirine	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*
Annite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Astrophyllite ()*	Augite ()*	Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*
Fayalite ()*	Ferro-actinolite ()*	Ferro-edenite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Quartz ()*	Titanite ()*
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 Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na O P Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Astrophyllite Chevkinite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Mica
None Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Sapphirine Spinel Titanite Zircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	2	48404,48405	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	2	48404,48405	286
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	2	48404,48405	133
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	48404,48405	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	48405	1534
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	48404	356
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	48404,48405	295
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	2	48404,48405	161
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	48404,48405	2060
Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite	Ce₄(Ti,Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₅O₈(Si₂O₇)₂	1	48404	89
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	48404	371
Ferro-actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_2.5-0.0Fe²⁺_2.5-5.0)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	48405	129
Ferro-edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Fe²⁺₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	48405	57
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	48404	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	48404,48405	9617
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	48405	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	48404,48405	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	48404	4924
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	48404,48405	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	48405	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	48404,48405	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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