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

(Fiskenæs; Fiskenæsset)

The Fiskenæsset Complex is a metamorphosed, layered magmattic 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, 6 of them including kornerupine is known in the Fiskenæs area (Petersen & Johnsen (1980); Petersen & Secher 1993).


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



References:
- Petersen, O. V. & Secher, K. (1993): The Minerals of Greenland. Mineralogical Record 24 (2): 1-67




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


Mineral List:
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
Ferrogedrite
Forsterite
Galena ?
'Garnet Group'
Gedrite
Geikielite
Godlevskite
Goethite
Grandidierite
Graphite
Heazlewoodite
Hercynite
Högbomite
Hypersthene
Ilmenite
Iron
Kornerupine (TL)
Kyanite
Mackinawite
Magnesiohornblende
Magnetite
'Mica Group'
Microcline
Millerite
Molybdenite ?
Muscovite
var: Fuchsite
'Olivine'
Orthoclase
Pargasite
Pentlandite
Phlogopite
'Pinite'
Polydymite
Pyrite
var: Bravoite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Rutile
Sapphirine (TL)
'Scapolite'
'Serpentine Group'
Sillimanite
Sphalerite
Spinel
var: Chromspinel
Talc
Titanite
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Tschermakite
Violarite
Zircon
Zoisite


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

Localities in this Region:
Greenland
 
  • Kitaa (West Greenland) Province
    • Nuuk (Godthåb)
      • Fiskenaes (Fiskenaesset; Qeqertarsuatsiaat)

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