Qaersut (Kaersut), Uummannaq (Umanak) Firth, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland

Feldspar-bearing veins and pegmatites in an Peridotite (Picrite) sill.

Ref.:

- 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

- Donaldson, C. (1977): Kaersutite overgrowths on highly aluminous Titanaugite in the Quarsut sill, Mineralogical Magazine, Vol. 4 I, 297-300

Mineral List:

	Aegirine

	Analcime

	Anorthite var: Labradorite

	Anorthoclase

	'Apatite'

	Augite var: Titanian Augite

	Biotite

	Calcite

	'Chalcedony'

	'Chlorite Group'

	Diopside

	Ilmenite

	Kaersutite (TL)

	Mesolite

	Natrolite

	'Olivine'

	Pectolite

17 entries listed. 10 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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