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References:
- 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.




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: 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'
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
Hessite
Hexahydrite
'Hiortdahlite'
Hiortdahlite II
Hisingerite
Högbomite
Hollingworthite
'Hornblende'
Hydrocerussite
Hydroniumjarosite
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)
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
'Scapolite'
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
var: Chromspinel
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


1635 entries listed. 409 valid minerals. 77 type localities (valid minerals). 1 type locality (other). 1 erroneous literature entry.

Localities in this Region:
Greenland
 
    • Qaanaaq (Thule)
    • Saviksoah Peninsula
          • Ikka Firth (Ika fjord)
      • Kobberminebugt
      • Sermiligaarsuk Firth
      • Arveprinsen Island
      • Eqi
    • Langø
      • Kirkespiret
          • Narsaarsuup Qaava
      • Narsarsuaq (Narssarssuaq)
        • Qôroq Firth
      • Quagdlimiut
      • Ameralik fjord
      • Atammik
    • Paamiut (Frederikshåb)
    • Prins Christian Sound
      • Maarmorilik
    • Kialineq Bay

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