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Qaqqaarsuk (Qaqarssuk), Maniitsoq (Sukkertoppen), Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland

Middle Jurassic carbonatite complex, covering an area of about 15 km². It contains up to 4% of lanthanides, as well as niobium and phosphate.

Ref.:

- Petersen, O. V. and Secher, K. (1993): The minerals of Greenland, The Mineralogical Record, Vol. 24(2), 1-65





Mineral List:
Aegirine
Albite
Alstonite
'Ancylite'
Ankerite
'Apatite'
Bariopyrochlore
Baryte
Betafite
Burbankite
Calcite
Dolomite
'Lanthanite'
Magnetite
'Olivine'
Phlogopite
Pyrochlore
Qaqarssukite-(Ce) (TL)
Quartz
Strontianite
Uranpyrochlore


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

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