Locality type:

Village

Classification

Species:

Aegirine

Formula:

NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Qaarsut, Nuussuaq Peninsula, Avannaata, Greenland

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

551257

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:551257:7

GUID (UUID V4):

b0a19681-d5dd-490c-9e04-19270f88eb53

References

Benson, W.N. (1940): Kaersutite and other brown Amphiboles in the Cainozoic Igneous rocks of the Dunedin District, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Vol. 69, 283-308

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	*Petersen, Ole V., Johnsen, Ole (2005) Mineral species first described from Greenland* - Special Publication No. 8. The Canadian Mineralogist. p.1-184.**	Book
	MINERAL SPECIES FffiST DESCRIBED fron1 GREENLAND Ole V. Petersen & Ole Johnsen Also in this series... MINE. RAL ....... SPECIES FIRST DESCRIBED froin GREENLAND Ole V. Petersen & Ole Johnsen The Canadian Mineralogist...organizations: The Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland Geologisk Museums St0ttefond (Geological Museum's...document on the minerals first discovered in Greenland. After all, as they point out in the first sentence...Introduction, a mere 26 kilometers separates Greenland from Canada along Nares Strait; we are neighbors
	*Johnsen, Ole (2002) Photographic Guide to Minerals of the World. Oxford University Press, Oxford.*	Book
	CRYSTALLOGRAPHY Figure 5. Gneiss from Zackenberg, Greenland. Gneiss is a rock consisting of feldspars, quartz...relatively a very special tinbeen found only in Greenland, alabundant. Figure 6. Rhomb porphyry from Bulbjerg...from Kangerdluarsuk, the Ilimaussaq complex, Greenland. The rock consists mainly of feldspar (white)...belonging to {110}, from the Gardiner complex, Greenland. Field of view: 44 x 75 mm. fore {hkl}, e.g....in the famous copper deposit on the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USA. Use. As an Ag ore native silver

Aegirine from Qaarsut, Nuussuaq Peninsula, Avannaata, Greenland

Aegirine from
Qaarsut, Nuussuaq Peninsula, Avannaata, Greenland