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Kangerlussuaq complex, Kangerlussuaq Firth, Tunu (East Greenland) Province, Greenland

The Kangerlussuaq Alkaline Complex consists of a group of intrusions covering an area of about 900 square kms, located west of Kangerlussuaq on the coast of eastern Greenland. It includes the main Kangerlussuaq intrusion (dating back to about 50 million years ago) and a series of satellite intrusions.

Ref.:
- http://www.geo.aau.dk/english/people/phd/msr/project_KAC.html [Link dead. Jun 2011]
- http://www.geus.dk/publications/review-greenland-00/gsb189p76-82.pdf

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Actinolite
Aegirine
Albite
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Anatase
Andradite
Ankerite
Anorthite
Antigorite
'Apatite'
Arfvedsonite
Augite
Baddeleyite
Baryte
Barytolamprophyllite
Biotite
Bornite
Calcite
Cancrinite
Catapleiite
Cebollite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chromite
Clinochlore
Clinohumite
var: Titanclinohumite
Cobaltpentlandite
Digenite
Diopside
Dolomite
Eckermannite
Epidote
Eudialyte
Fayalite
Ferrobustamite
Forsterite
Galena
Haüyne
Hematite
'Hornblende'
Hydroxylapatite
Ilmenite
Kaersutite
Katophorite
Keithconnite
Lamprophyllite
'Lamprophyllite-2M'
'Lamprophyllite-2O'
Larnite
Loparite-(Ce)
Lorenzenite
Magnesio-arfvedsonite
Magnesiohastingsite
Magnetite
var: Titaniferous Magnetite
'Melilite'
Microcline
Monticellite
Natrolite
Nepheline
Nielsenite (TL)
Nosean
'Olivine'
'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
Pargasite
Pectolite
Perovskite
Phlogopite
Pigeonite
Pyrite
Quartz
Schorlomite
Skaergaardite (TL)
Sodalite
Sphalerite
Strontianite
Tenorite
Tetra-auricupride
Titanite
Tremolite
UM1991-06-E:AuCu
UM2004-08-E:AuCuPd
'Unnamed (PdAuCu)'
'Unnamed (Pd-Cu-Sn compound)'
'Unnamed (Pt-Fe-Cu-Pd alloy)'
Vasilite
Vermiculite
Vesuvianite
Vishnevite
Vysotskite
Xonotlite
Zircon
Zvyagintsevite


95 entries listed. 77 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

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