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

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Lenses of ultramafic rocks located along the top contact (major thrust zone) of the Fiskenaesset complex (anorthosite-leucogabbro intrusion in Archean gneisses) with an overlying meta-volcanite amphibolite.

Rocks with hogbomite and sapphirine are known, bounding to the West the UMF rocks.

The outcrop is located about 13 km SE of Fiskenaesset.

Ref.:

- Ackermand, D., Windley, B.F., Herd R.K. (1983): Magnesian Högbomite in a Sapphirine-bearing rock from the Fiskenaesset region, W. Greenland, Mineralogical Magazine, Vol. 47, 555-561

- Windley B.F. et al. (1989): Eur. J. Mineral. 1, pp. 427-437

Map Reference: 63°0'N , 50°24'W

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Mineral List:

Calcite
Clinochlore
var: Sheridanite
Clintonite
Corundum
Diopside

Enstatite
Forsterite
Gedrite
Geikielite
Högbomite
Ilmenite

Magnesiohornblende
Rutile
Sapphirine
Spinel
Titanite

17 entries listed. 15 valid minerals.

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