| Locality type: | Pegmatite |
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| Species: | Leifite |
| Formula: | (Na,H2O)Na6[Be2Al2(Al,Si)Si15O39]F2 |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Valid - Type Locality |
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| Tainiolite | ⓘ4 photos of Leifite associated with Tainiolite at this locality. |
| Elpidite | ⓘ1 photo of Leifite associated with Elpidite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Leifite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Narssârssuk pegmatite, Narsaarsuk Plateau, Igaliku, Kujalleq, Greenland |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (8 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 134315 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:134315:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 7ca17e03-aed3-47f4-bb84-d1741557ecf4 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Leifite |
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| 31.6km (19.6 miles) | ⓘTugtup Agtakôrfia, Tunulliarfik Fjord, Ilímaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland |
| References |
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Petersen, O. V., Rønsbo, J. G., Leonardsen, E. S., Johnsen, O., Bollingberg, H., Rose-Hansen, J. (1994) Leifite from the Ilimaussaq alkaline complex, South Greenland. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Monatshefte, 1994 (2) 83-90 |
| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | Armstrong, J. A., Friis, H., Lieb, A., Finch, A. A., Weller, M. T. (2010) Combined single-crystal X-ray and neutron powder diffraction structure analysis exemplified through full structure determinations of framework and layer beryllate minerals. American Mineralogist, 95 (4) 519-526 doi:10.2138/am.2010.3276 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | minerals, namely bavenite, leifite/IMA 2007-017, and nabesite. For bavenite, leifite/IMA 2007-017, and nabesite...three rare beryllate minerals, namely bavenite, leifite/IMA 2007-017, and nabesite. Because of mineral...bavenite in the Ilímaussaq alkaline complex, South Greenland, and determined the unit cell from powder X-ray...Copenhagen. Leifite was first described from the Narssârssuk Pegmatite, Gardar Province, South Greenland, by...Na, Cs (for leifite and telyushenkoite, respectively). Published compositions of leifite show great variations |
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Narssârssuk pegmatite, Narsaarsuk Plateau, Igaliku, Kujalleq, Greenland