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Gmelinite-Herschelite occurrence, Head of Kangerdluarssuq, Kangerdluarssuq (Kangerdluarssuk; Kangerdluarsuk) Firth, Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland

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The occurrence is located near the edge of the Naujaite plateau, just north-east of the head of Kangerdluarssuk fiord.



References:
- Karup-Moeller, S. (1976): Gmelinite and Herschelite from the Ilimaussaq Intrusion in South Greenland, Mineralogical Magazine, Vol. 40, 867-873





Mineral List:
  		•  Aegirine
    NaFe
    3+
     
    		[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Reference: [Karup-Moeller, S. (1976): Gmelinite and Herschelite from the Ilimaussaq Intrusion in South Greenland, Mineralogical Magazine, Vol. 40, 867-873]
  		•  'Apophyllite'
    Reference: [Karup-Moeller, S. (1976): Gmelinite and Herschelite from the Ilimaussaq Intrusion in South Greenland, Mineralogical Magazine, Vol. 40, 867-873]
  		•  Chabazite-Na
    (Na
     
    2
    		,K
     
    2
    		,Ca,Sr,Mg)
     
    2
    		[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    12
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 12H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Karup-Moeller, S. (1976): Gmelinite and Herschelite from the Ilimaussaq Intrusion in South Greenland, Mineralogical Magazine, Vol. 40, 867-873]
  		•  'Gmelinite'
    Reference: [Karup-Moeller, S. (1976): Gmelinite and Herschelite from the Ilimaussaq Intrusion in South Greenland, Mineralogical Magazine, Vol. 40, 867-873]
  		•  Natrolite
    Na
     
    2
    		[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Karup-Moeller, S. (1976): Gmelinite and Herschelite from the Ilimaussaq Intrusion in South Greenland, Mineralogical Magazine, Vol. 40, 867-873]
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [Karup-Moeller, S. (1976): Gmelinite and Herschelite from the Ilimaussaq Intrusion in South Greenland, Mineralogical Magazine, Vol. 40, 867-873]
  		•  Steenstrupine-(Ce)
    Na
     
    14
    		Mn
    2+
    2
    		(Fe
    3+
     
    		,Mn
    3+
     
    		)
     
    2
    		Ce
     
    6
    		(Zr,Th)[(OH)
     
    2
    		|HPO
     
    4
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    6
    		|(Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		)
     
    2
    		]·2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Karup-Moeller, S. (1976): Gmelinite and Herschelite from the Ilimaussaq Intrusion in South Greenland, Mineralogical Magazine, Vol. 40, 867-873]
  		•  Ussingite
    Na
     
    2
    		AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		OH
    Reference: [Karup-Moeller, S. (1976): Gmelinite and Herschelite from the Ilimaussaq Intrusion in South Greenland, Mineralogical Magazine, Vol. 40, 867-873]


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