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References

- Bøggild, O. B. (1905): Mineralogica Groenlandica. Meddelser om Grønland 32, 1-625.
- Petersen, O. V. & Secher, K. (1993): The Minerals of Greenland. Mineralogical Record 24 (2): 1-67
- Petersen, O. V. & Johnsen, O. (2005): Mineral species first described from Greenland. Canadian Mineralogist, Special publication no. 8.
- Elsner, H. (2010): Länderbericht - Das mineralische Rohstoffpotenzial Grönlands. Deutsche Rohstoffagentur in der Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, 81 pp (in German). [http://www.deutsche-rohstoffagentur.de]

External Links

- http://www.geus.dk/geuspage-uk.htm [Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS)]
- http://www.geus.dk/minex/fact_sheets-uk.htm

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Acanthite Actinolite Acuminite (TL) Aegirine Aegirine-augite Aenigmatite (TL) Aikinite Alabandite Albite var: Oligoclase 'Albite-Anorthite Series' 'Allanite' Allanite-(Ce) (TL) Allargentum Alstonite Altaite 'Amphibole Group' Analcime Anatase 'Ancylite' Ancylite-(Ce) (TL) Ancylite-(La) Andradite var: Melanite 'Animikite' Ankerite Annite Anorthite var: Labradorite Anorthoclase Anthophyllite Antigorite Antimony 'Apatite' 'Apophyllite' Arcubisite (TL) Arfvedsonite (TL) Armalcolite Arsenopyrite Ashcroftine-(Y) (TL) Astrophyllite Augite var: Titanian Augite Awaruite Azurite Baddeleyite Barkevikite Barylite Baryte Barytolamprophyllite Bastnäsite-(Ce) Bavenite Berryite Bertrandite Beryllite β-Uranophane Beudantite Biotite Bismuth Bismuthinite Bøggildite (TL) Bøgvadite (TL) Bohdanowiczite Böhmite Bohseite (TL) Bornite Boulangerite Bournonite Breithauptite Britholite-(Ce) (TL) Brochantite Buchwaldite (TL) Burbankite Calcioancylite-(Ce) Calcite Cancrinite Canfieldite Carlgieseckeite-(Nd) (TL) Carlsbergite (TL) Cassiterite Catapleiite Cebollite Celestine Cerussite 'Chabazite' Chabazite-Na Chalcocite 'Chalcolamprite' Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Chalcothallite (TL) Chesterite 'Chevkinite' Chevkinite-(Ce) Chiolite Chkalovite 'Chlorite Group' Chloritoid Chromite var: Ferrian Chromite Chrysocolla Chrysotile Clausthalite Clinochlore var: Sheridanite Clinohumite var: Titanclinohumite 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup' Clinozoisite Clintonite Cobaltpentlandite Coffinite Cohenite Columbite-(Fe) Connellite Cookeite Copper var: Palladian Copper Cordierite Cordylite-(Ce) (TL) Corundum var: Ruby Cosalite Covellite Cryolite (TL) Cryolithionite (TL) Cubanite Cummingtonite Cuprite

Cuprostibite (TL) 'Dahllite' Daubréelite Diamond Diaspore Digenite Diopside Djerfisherite Dolomite Donnayite-(Y) Dorfmanite Dravite Dyscrasite Eckermannite Elpasolite Elpidite (TL) Emeleusite (TL) Emplectite Enargite Enstatite var: Bronzite Ephesite Epididymite (TL) Epidote Epistolite (TL) 'Erikite' Eskimoite (TL) Eucairite Eudialyte (TL) var: Eucolite Eudidymite Ewaldite Famatinite Fayalite 'Feldspar Group' Ferberite Fergusonite-(Y) (TL) Ferro-Actinolite Ferrobustamite Ferro-edenite Ferrogedrite Ferrohornblende 'Ferrohortonolite' Ferrokentbrooksite Ferrorichterite Fersmite Fluorapatite Fluorite Forsterite Freibergite Gaidonnayite Galena 'Garnet' Gearksutite (TL) Gedrite Geikielite Genthelvite Gerasimovskite Gibbsite 'Gmelinite' Godlevskite Goethite Gold var: Electrum Gonnardite Götzenite Grandidierite Graphite Grossular Gudmundite Gustavite (TL) Gypsum Gyrolite 'Hagemannite' Halloysite Hastingsite Haüyne Heazlewoodite Hedenbergite Helvite Hematite Hemimorphite Hercynite Hessite Hexahydrite Hiortdahlite Hiortdahlite II Hisingerite Högbomite Hollingworthite 'Hornblende' Hydrocerussite Hydroniumjarosite Hydroxylapatite var: Carbonate-rich Hydroxylapatite Hypersthene Iddingsite Ikaite (TL) Ilímaussite-(Ce) (TL) Ilmenite Ilvaite Iron (TL) var: Kamacite Jarlite (TL) var: Meta-jarlite Jimthompsonite Joaquinite-(Ce) Jørgensenite (TL) Kaersutite (TL) Kalsilite Kaolinite Karupmøllerite-Ca (TL) Katophorite Keithconnite Kentbrooksite (TL) Kesterite 'K Feldspar' Kochite (TL) Komarovite Kornerupine (TL) Kotulskite Kuannersuite-(Ce) (TL) Kupletskite Kvanefjeldite (TL) Kyanite Lafossaite Lamprophyllite 'Lamprophyllite-2M' 'Lamprophyllite-2O'

'Lanthanite' Larnite Låvenite Lawrencite Lead Leifite (TL) Lepidocrocite Lepidolite Leucite Leucophanite Leucosphenite (TL) Limonite Linarite Litharge Löllingite Lomonosovite Loparite-(Ce) Lorenzenite (TL) Lovdarite Lovozerite Lueshite Mackinawite Magnesio-arfvedsonite Magnesiohastingsite Magnesiohornblende 'Magnesioriebeckite-Riebeckite Series var: Crocidolite' Magnesiotaaffeite-6N’3S Magnesite Magnetite var: Ishkulite var: Titaniferous Magnetite Malachite Marcasite Marićite Matildite Maucherite 'Melilite' Mesolite 'Mica Group' Micheelsenite (TL) Microcline Microlite Group Millerite Molybdenite 'Monazite' Monazite-(Ce) Moncheite Monohydrocalcite Monticellite Montmorillonite Mordenite Mosandrite Murmanite Muscovite var: Fuchsite var: Sericite Nabesite (TL) Nacareniobsite-(Ce) (TL) Nafertisite Nahcolite Narsarsukite (TL) Natrokomarovite Natrolite Natrophosphate Naujakasite (TL) Naumannite Nenadkevichite Nepheline Neptunite (TL) Nickeline Nielsenite (TL) Niobophyllite Nontronite Nordstrandite Normandite Nosean Odintsovite Okenite (TL) 'Olivine' Opal ? Orthoclase Orthojoaquinite-(La) (TL) 'Orthopyroxene Subgroup' Ourayite Pachnolite (TL) Palygorskite Pargasite Parisite-(Ce) Pearceite Pectolite var: Manganoan Pectolite Pentlandite Perovskite 'Perthite' Phlogopite Pigeonite 'Pinite' Platarsite Plattnerite Polybasite Polydymite Polylithionite (TL) Potassicarfvedsonite (TL) Potassichastingsite Prehnite Priderite Prosopite Pyrargyrite Pyrite var: Bravoite Pyrochlore Group var: Bariopyrochlore (of Hogarth 1977) var: Ceriopyrochlore (of Hogarth 1977) Pyrochlore Supergroup var: Betafite (of Hogarth 1977) Pyrolusite Pyrope var: Rhodolite Pyrophanite 'Pyroxene Group' Pyrrhotite Qaqarssukite-(Ce) (TL) Quartz var: Chalcedony var: Chert Ralstonite (TL) Reyerite (TL) Rhabdophane-(Ce) Rhodochrosite Rhönite

Richterite Riebeckite Rinkite (TL) Rohaite (TL) Röntgenite-(Ce) (TL) Rosenbuschite Rutile Sapphirine (TL) Sauconite 'Scapolite' Scheelite Schorl Schorlomite Schreibersite Schwertmannite Seinäjokite Semenovite-(Ce) (TL) Sénarmontite Sepiolite var: Gunnbjarnite 'Serpentine Group' Shandite Siderite Sillimanite Silver Skaergaardite (TL) Skinnerite (TL) Skutterudite Smithsonite Sodalite (TL) var: Hackmanite Sørensenite (TL) Sperrylite Sphalerite var: Cleiophane Spinel var: Chromspinel Spodiophyllite Stannite Steacyite Steenstrupine-(Ce) (TL) Stenonite (TL) 'Stilbite' Stillwellite-(Ce) Strontianite Synchysite-(Ce) (TL) Taenite Tainiolite (TL) Talc Tantalum Taseqite (TL) Teallite Telluropalladinite ? Tennantite 'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series' Tenorite Terskite Tetra-auricupride Tetrahedrite Tetranatrolite Thalcusite Thermonatrite Thomsenolite (TL) 'Thomsonite' Thomsonite-Ca Thorianite Thorite Thorogummite Tin Titanite Todorokite Topaz 'Tourmaline' Townendite (TL) Tremolite Troilite Trona Tschermakite Tugtupite (TL) Tundrite-(Ce) Tundrite-(Nd) (TL) Tuperssuatsiaite (TL) Turkestanite Ulvöspinel UM1971-22-SiO:CaClFeHMgMnNaNbZr UM1991-06-E:AuCu UM2004-08-E:AuCuPd Umangite 'Unnamed (PdAuCu)' 'Unnamed (Pd-Cu-Sn compound)' 'Unnamed (Pt-Fe-Cu-Pd alloy)' Uraninite var: Pitchblende Uranpyrochlore Ussingite (TL) Uvite Valentinite Valleriite Vasilite Vermiculite Vesuvianite Vikingite (TL) Villiaumite Vinogradovite Violarite Vishnevite Vitusite-(Ce) (TL) Volynskite Vrbaite Vuonnemite Vysotskite Weberite (TL) Westerveldite Whewellite Willemite Wittichenite Wöhlerite Wolframite Wollastonite Wölsendorfite Wulfenite Xenotime-(Y) Xonotlite Yofortierite Zaratite Zinnwaldite Zircon Zoisite Zvyagintsevite

564 entries listed. 423 valid minerals. 81 type localities (valid minerals). 1 erroneous literature entry.

Localities in this Region

Greenland Avanna (North Greenland) Province Cape Washington Qaanaaq (Thule) Cape Parry Saviksoah Peninsula Cape York meteorite Kitaa (West Greenland) Province Arsuk Arsuk Firth Iluilârssuk Ivittuut (Ivigtut) Ikka Firth (Ika fjord) Ikka-Grønnedal complex Ivigtut Cryolite deposit Kûngnât complex Kobberminebugt Josva Mine Sermiligaarsuk Firth Taartoq (Tartoq) greenstone belt Igpik Ilulissat (Jakobshavn) Anap Nunaa Arveprinsen Island Andersen prospect Eqi Eqip prospect Kangerluk Kangerluluk prospect Sorte Nunatak Au deposit Langø Upernavik Island Maniitsoq (Sukkertoppen) Maniitsoq island Qaqqaarsuk (Qaqarssuk) Søndre Isortoq Firth Kangerlussuaq Sarfartoq region Garnet lake property Sarfartoq carbonatite complex Unnamed Nb prospect Tupertalik Mt. Søndre Strømfjord Nellusivik Nanortalik Amitsoq Mine Kirkespiret Nalunaq Mine Narsaq Igaliku (Igaliko) Narssârssuk (Narsarsuk) Narsaarsuup Qaava Nanna pegmatite Narssârssuk pegmatite (Narsarsuk pegmatite) North Motzfeldt Centre Ilimaussaq complex Illutalik (Igdlutalik) Island Kangerdluarssuq (Kangerdluarssuk; Kangerdluarsuk) Firth Head of Kangerdluarssuq Gmelinite-Herschelite occurrence Lakseelv Lilleelv Lilleelv pegmatite Mellemelv Karupmøllerite occurrence Potassicarfvedsonite occurrence Redekammen Skinnerite occurrence Kringlerne Leucophanite-Monazite occurrence Qeqertaussaq Island East Coast Pegmatite South Coast Pegmatite Kuannersuit (Kvanefjeld) plateau Kvanefjeld Mt. Narsaq stream pegmatite Kvanefjeld Uranium deposit Drill Core 39 Drill Core 49 Drill Core 50 Drill Core 53 Kvanefjeld adit Kvanefjeldite occurrence Quanit Qaqa Steenstrups field Narsaq River (Narsaq Elv) valley Tasseq area Nakalak (Nakalaq; Nakkaalaaq) Mt. Ilimaussite occurrence Tasseq Slopes (Taseq Slopes) Taseqite occurrence Tunugdliarfik Firth (Eriksfjord) Agpat (Appat) Igdlunguaq Naujakasik (Naajakasik) North Siorarssuit Nunarssuatsiaq

Greenland Kitaa (West Greenland) Province Narsaq Ilimaussaq complex Tunugdliarfik Firth (Eriksfjord) Nunasarnaq Ilua Bay Karra South Siorarssuit Tugtup Agtakorfia (Tuttup Attakoorfia) Tuperssuatsiat Bay Cu-Sb-Ag occurrence Hiortdahlite-bearing pegmatite Narsarsuaq (Narssarssuaq) Qôroq Firth North Qôroq Centre Niaqornaarsuk peninsula Niaqornaarsuk valley Qoorormiut valley Nunarssuit Island Nunarssuit complex Puklen complex Qaqortoq (Julianehåb) Frederik VII's Mine Klokken complex Quagdlimiut Tugtutôq (Tugtutok) Nuuk (Godthåb) Ameralik fjord Qaarusulik Atammik Qeqertaussaq Island Fiskenaes (Fiskenaesset; Qeqertarsuatsiaat) Bjørnesund Kornerupine-sapphirine locality North of Bjørnesund Sapphirine-occurrence N of Bjørnesund Sapphirine-occurrence NE of Bjørnesund Fiskenaes old harbour Granite-pegmatite outcrop Nort-West Angnertussoq Sarfaq Isua belt Ivisartoq region Storø Nuussuaq Peninsula Niaqornat (Niakornak) Paamiut (Frederikshåb) Frederikshåbs Isblink Prins Christian Sound Aluk Island Qeqertarsuaq Island (Disko Island) Asuk Illokunnguaq (Igdlokunguak) Kitdlît Lyngmarksfjeld Uivfaq (Ovifak) Blaafjeld Semersoq Island Simiuttat Island Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg) Ikertokfjorden Sarfanguaq Skansen Uummannaq (Umanak) Firth Maarmorilik Sorte Engel Mine (Black Angel mine) Qaersut (Kaersut) Ubekendt Island Skarvefjord Tunu (East Greenland) Province Arnold Eschers Land Blosseville Coast Borgtinderne intrusion Cape Dalton Kangerlussuaq Firth Amdrup Firth Amdrup Firth Au-Ag deposit Flammefjeld prospect Kentbrooksite occurrence Cape Edvard Holm Kangerlussuaq complex Gardiner complex Skaergaard intrusion Prinsen af Wales Bjerge Batbjerg Mt. Kialineq Bay Kialineq complex Kong Oscar Firth Mestersvig Blyklippen Mine Malmbjerg Mine Mellempas deposit Kruuse Firth (Kruuse Fjord) Kruuse Fjord complex Nordre Aputiteq Randbøldal Tasiilaq (Angmagssalik; Ammassalik) Tugtilik Firth Unnamed Ni-Cu prospect Werner Bjerge Mt Hvide Ryg (north slope)