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Uivfaq (Ovifak), Qeqertarsuaq Island (Disko Island), Kitaa Province (West Greenland), Greenland

Iron
Uivfaq, Qeqertarsuaq Island, Kitaa Province, Greenland

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Large blocks (to 25 tons) of native iron were found by Nordenskiöld in 1870, and brought to Sweden as meteorites. It was later found out that iron occurred as nodules in tertiary basalt, formed by reduction due to incorporation of carbon-rich sediments.

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'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Augite
Corundum

'Glass'
Graphite
Ilmenite

Iron
var: Kamacite
Lawrencite

'Olivine'
Spinel
Ulvöspinel

13 entries listed. 8 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

Greenland

Kitaa Province (West Greenland)
- Qeqertarsuaq Island (Disko Island)
  - Uivfaq (Ovifak)
    - Blaafjeld

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References

Pauly, H. (1969): White cast iron with cohenite, schreibersite, and sulphides from tertiary basalts on Disko, Greenland. Meddelelser fra Dansk Geologisk Forening, 19 (1), 28-26.

Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 54, 57–70

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