Greenland

References:
- Petersen, O.V. & Johnsen, O. (2005): Mineral species first described from Greenland. Canadian Mineralogist, Special publication no. 8.

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

Mineral List:

	Acanthite

	Actinolite

	Acuminite (TL)

	Aegirine

	Aegirine-augite

	Aenigmatite (TL)

	Aikinite

	Alabandite

	Albite

	var: Andesine

	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

	Anorthite

	var: Labradorite

	Anorthoclase

	Anthophyllite

	Antigorite

	Antimony

	'Apatite'

	Apatite-(CaF)

	Apatite-(CaOH)

	var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaOH)

	'Apophyllite'

	Arcubisite (TL)

	Arfvedsonite (TL)

	Armalcolite

	Arsenopyrite

	Ashcroftine-(Y) (TL)

	Astrophyllite

	Augite

	var: Titanian Augite

	Awaruite

	Azurite

	Baddeleyite

	Bariopyrochlore

	Barkevikite

	Barylite

	Baryte

	Barytolamprophyllite

	Bastnäsite-(Ce)

	Bavenite

	Berryite

	Bertrandite

	Beryllite

	Betafite

	β-Uranophane

	Beudantite

	Biotite

	Bismuth

	Bismuthinite

	Bøggildite (TL)

	Bøgvadite (TL)

	Bohdanowiczite

	Böhmite

	Bornite

	Boulangerite

	Bournonite

	Breithauptite

	Britholite-(Ce) (TL)

	Brochantite

	Buchwaldite (TL)

	Burbankite

	Calcioancylite-(Ce)

	Calcite

	Cancrinite

	Canfieldite

	Carlsbergite (TL)

	Cassiterite

	Catapleiite

	Cebollite

	Celestine

	Ceriopyrochlore-(Ce)

	Cerussite

	'Chabazite'

	Chabazite-Na

	'Chalcedony'

	Chalcocite

	'Chalcolamprite'

	Chalcopyrite

	Chalcostibite

	Chalcothallite (TL)

	Chesterite

	'Chevkinite'

	Chevkinite-(Ce)

	Chiolite

	Chkalovite

	'Chlorite Group'

	Chromite

	var: Ferrian Chromite

	Chrysocolla

	Chrysotile

	Clausthalite

	Clinochlore

	var: Sheridanite

	Clinohumite

	var: Titanclinohumite

	'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'

	Clinozoisite

	Clintonite

	Cobaltpentlandite

	Coffinite

	Cohenite

	Columbite

	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

	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

	Ferro-Actinolite

	Ferrobustamite

	Ferro-edenite

	Ferrogedrite

	Ferrohornblende

	'Ferrohortonolite'

	Ferrokentbrooksite

	Ferrorichterite

	Fersmite

	Fluorite

	Forsterite

	Freibergite

	Fergusonite-(Y) (TL)

	Gaidonnayite

	Galena

	'Garnet Group'

	Gearksutite (TL)

	Gedrite

	Geikielite

	Genthelvite

	Gerasimovskite

	Gibbsite

	'Gmelinite'

	Godlevskite

	Goethite

	Gold

	var: Electrum

	Gonnardite

	Grandidierite

	Graphite

	Grossular

	Gudmundite

	Gustavite (TL)

	Gypsum

	'Hagemannite'

	Halloysite

	Hastingsite

	Haüyne

	Heazlewoodite

	Hedenbergite

	Helvite

	Hematite

	Hemimorphite

	Hercynite

	var: Chromohercynite

	Hessite

	Hexahydrite

	'Hiortdahlite'

	Hiortdahlite II

	Hisingerite

	Högbomite

	Hollingworthite

	'Hornblende'

	Hydrocerussite

	Hydroniumjarosite

	Hypersthene

	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)

	Kësterite

	'K Feldspar'

	Kochite (TL)

	Komarovite

	Kornerupine (TL)

	Kotulskite

	Kuannersuite-(Ce) (TL)

	Kupletskite

	Kvanefjeldite (TL)

	Kyanite

	Lafossaite

	Lamprophyllite

	'Lamprophyllite-2M'

	'Lamprophyllite-2O'

	'Lanthanite'

	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

	Magnesiotaaffeite-6N’3S

	Magnesite

	Magnetite

	var: Ishkulite

	var: Titaniferous Magnetite

	Malachite

	Marcasite

	Marićite

	Matildite

	Maucherite

	Melilite

	Mesolite

	'Mica Group'

	Micheelsenite (TL)

	Microcline

	Microlite

	Millerite

	Molybdenite

	'Monazite'

	Monazite-(Ce)

	Moncheite

	Monohydrocalcite

	Monticellite

	Montmorillonite

	Mosandrite

	Murmanite

	Muscovite

	var: Fuchsite

	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

	Pyrolusite

	Pyrope

	var: Rhodolite

	Pyrophanite

	'Pyroxene Group'

	Pyrrhotite

	Qaqarssukite-(Ce) (TL)

	Quartz

	var: Chert

	Ralstonite (TL)

	Reyerite (TL)

	'Rhabdophane'

	Rhabdophane-(Ce)

	Rhodochrosite

	Rhönite

	Richterite

	Riebeckite

	var: Crocidolite

	Rinkite (TL)

	Rohaite (TL)

	Röntgenite-(Ce) (TL)

	Rosenbuschite

	Rutile

	Sapphirine (TL)

	Sauconite

	Scheelite

	Schorl

	Schorlomite

	Schreibersite

	Schwertmannite

	Seinäjokite

	Semenovite-(Ce) (TL)

	Sénarmontite

	Sepiolite

	var: Gunnbjarnite

	'Sericite'

	'Serpentine Group'

	Shandite

	Siderite

	Sillimanite

	Silver

	Skaergaardite (TL)

	Skinnerite (TL)

	Skutterudite

	Smithsonite

	Sodalite (TL)

	var: Hackmanite

	Sørensenite (TL)

	Sperrylite

	Sphalerite

	Spinel

	Spodiophyllite

	Stannite

	Steacyite

	Steenstrupine-(Ce) (TL)

	Stenonite (TL)

	'Stilbite'

	Stillwellite-(Ce)

	Strontianite

	Synchysite-(Ce) (TL)

	Taenite

	Tainiolite (TL)

	Talc

	Taseqite (TL)

	Teallite

	Telluropalladinite ?

	Tennantite

	'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'

	Tenorite

	Terskite

	Tetrahedrite

	Tetranatrolite

	Thalcusite

	Thermonatrite

	Thomsenolite (TL)

	Thomsonite-Ca

	Thorianite

	Thorite

	Thorogummite

	Tin

	Titanite

	Todorokite

	Topaz

	'Tourmaline'

	Tremolite

	Troilite

	Trona

	Tschermakite

	Tugtupite (TL)

	Tundrite-(Nd) (TL)

	Tuperssuatsiaite (TL)

	Turkestanite

	Ulvöspinel

	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

	Weberite (TL)

	Westerveldite

	Whewellite

	Willemite

	Wittichenite

	Wöhlerite

	Wolframite

	Wollastonite

	Wölsendorfite

	Wulfenite

	Xenotime-(Y)

	Xonotlite

	Yofortierite

	Zaratite

	Zinnwaldite

	Zircon

	Zoisite

	Zvyagintsevite

499 entries listed. 408 valid minerals. 77 type localities (valid minerals). 1 type locality (other). 1 erroneous literature entry.

Localities in this Region:


Greenland
Avanna (North Greenland) Province
Cape Washington
Qaanaaq (Thule) Cape Parry
Randboldal area
Saviksoah Peninsula Cape York meteorite
Igdlokunguak
Kitaa (West Greenland) Province
Arsuk
Arsuk Firth
Iluilârssuk
Ivittuut (Ivigtut)
Ikka Firth (Ika fjord) Ikka-Grønnedal complex
Ivigtut Cryolite deposit
Kungnat Mt.
Kobberminebugt Josva Mine
Sermiligaarsuk Firth Taartoq (Tartoq) greenstone belt
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)
Anap Nunaa
Arveprinsen Island Andersen prospect
Eqi Eqip prospect
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.
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.
Orthojoaquinite-(La) occurrence
Kvanefjeld Uranium deposit
Drill Core 39
Drill Core 49
Drill Core 50
Drill Core 53
Kvanefjeld tunnel
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)


Greenland
Kitaa (West Greenland) Province Narsaq Ilimaussaq complex Tunugdliarfik Firth (Eriksfjord) North Siorarssuit
Nunarssuatsiaq
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
Kitdlît
Uivfaq (Ovifak)
Blaafjeld
Semersoq Island
Simiuttat Island
Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg)
Sarfanguaq
Uummannaq (Umanak) Firth
Maarmorilik Sorte Engel Mine (Black Angel mine)
Qaersut (Kaersut)
Ubekendt Island
Tunu (East Greenland) Province
Arnold Eschers Land
Blosseville Coast
Borgtinderne intrusion
Cape Dalton
Kangerlussuaq Firth
Cape Edvard Holm
Flammefjeld
Kangerlussuaq complex
Amdrup Firth
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 Fjord complex
Tasiilaq (Angmagssalik; Ammassalik)
Tugtilik Firth
Unnamed Ni-Cu prospect
Werner Bjerge
Mt Hvide Ryg (north slope)

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