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Kûngnât complex, Arsuk Firth, Arsuk, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland

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A complex of 2.5 x 5 km, that consists of two syenite stocks and a narrow ring dyke. The stock in the west contains peralkaline granites, the one in the east syenites, and the ring alkaline gabbro.



References:
- Hodson, M.E., and Finch, A.A. (1997): Trough structures in the Western syenite of Kûngnât, S Greenland: mineralogy and mechanism of formation. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 127, 46-56.

- http://www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/kgi.htm
- http://members.lycos.co.uk/scubaholic/geology.html





 Map Reference: 61°13'N , 48°25'W

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Mineral List:
  		•  Annite
    KFe
    2+
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [Hodson, M.E., and Finch, A.A. (1997): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 127, 46-56.]
  		•  'Apatite'
    Reference: [Hodson, M.E., and Finch, A.A. (1997): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 127, 46-56.]
  		•  Barkevikite
    Reference: [Hodson, M.E., and Finch, A.A. (1997): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 127, 46-56.]
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Hodson, M.E., and Finch, A.A. (1997): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 127, 46-56.]
  		•  Fayalite
    Fe
    2+
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Hodson, M.E., and Finch, A.A. (1997): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 127, 46-56.]
  		•  Iddingsite
    MgO·Fe
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    		·3SiO
     
    2
    		·4H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Hodson, M.E., and Finch, A.A. (1997): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 127, 46-56.]
  		•  Ilmenite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		TiO
     
    3
    Reference: [Hodson, M.E., and Finch, A.A. (1997): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 127, 46-56.]
  		•  Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [Hodson, M.E., and Finch, A.A. (1997): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 127, 46-56.]
  		•  Pentlandite
    (Fe,Ni)
     
    9
    		S
     
    8
    Reference: [Hodson, M.E., and Finch, A.A. (1997): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 127, 46-56.]
  		•  'Perthite'
    Reference: [Hodson, M.E., and Finch, A.A. (1997): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 127, 46-56.]


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