Fiskenaes (Fiskenaesset; Qeqertarsuatsiaat), Nuuk (Godthåb), Kitaa Province (West Greenland), Greenland

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Fiskenæs; Fiskenæsset

The Fiskenæsset Complex is a metamorphosed, layered magmatic complex belonging to the Precambrian Shield of West Greenland. Fiskenæsset is a small community located about 160 km S of Godthåb (Nuuk). More than 40 localities of sapphirine, six of them also with kornerupine, are known in the Fiskenæs area (Petersen & Johnsen (1980); Petersen & Secher 1993).

Most of the minerals listed here are found in sapphirine-bearing rocks.

The area has recently attracted interest as a ruby-producing region, but there are conflicting licenses and constitution questions that have arisen.
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Mineral List

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

Actinolite 'Albite-Anorthite Series' 'Allanite' Anorthite Anthophyllite 'Apatite' 'Biotite' Calcite Cassiterite Chalcopyrite 'Chlorite Group' Chromite Chrysotile Clinochlore var: Sheridanite Clinozoisite Clintonite Cordierite Corundum var: Ruby Cubanite

Cummingtonite Digenite Diopside Dolomite Enstatite var: Bronzite Epidote Ferro-gedrite Forsterite Galena ? 'Garnet' Gedrite Geikielite Godlevskite Goethite Grandidierite Graphite Heazlewoodite Hercynite 'Högbomite' 'Hypersthene'

Ilmenite Iron Kornerupine (TL) Kyanite Mackinawite Magnesio-hornblende Magnetite 'Mica Group' Microcline Millerite Molybdenite ? Muscovite var: Fuchsite 'Olivine' Orthoclase Pargasite Pentlandite Phlogopite 'Pinite' Polydymite Pyrite

Pyrite var: Bravoite Pyrrhotite Quartz Rutile Sapphirine (TL) 'Scapolite' 'Serpentine Group' Sillimanite Sphalerite Spinel var: Chromspinel Talc Titanite 'Tourmaline' Tremolite Tschermakite Violarite Zircon Zoisite

107 entries listed. 61 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals). 1 erroneous literature entry.

Localities in this Region

Greenland Kitaa Province (West Greenland) Nuuk (Godthåb) 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

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