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Augite from
Gardiner Complex, Kangerlussuaq Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland


Locality type:Complex
Classification
Species:Augite
Formula:(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Augite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gardiner Complex, Kangerlussuaq Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:136927
Long-form Identifier:1:3:136927:4
GUID (UUID V4):32cd7570-879f-4cd8-bbf7-3ccde82e35e1
Nearest other occurrences of Augite
78.5km (48.8 miles) Skaergaard intrusion, Sermersooq, Greenland
91.2km (56.7 miles) Kap Edvard Holm Complex, Sermersooq, Greenland
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
long-lived syenitic centre: The Kangerlussuaq Alkaline Complex, East Greenland Morten S. Riishuus a,⁎, David...samples from the Kangerlussuaq Alkaline Complex (∼ 1000 km2) in central East Greenland, part of the North...Atlantic Igneous Province. This complex mainly consists of the Kangerlussuaq Intrusion but includes at least...gneisses and overlying Palaeogene flood basalts. The complex is divided into (i) older satellite intrusions...gabbros and peridotites, (ii) the voluminous Kangerlussuaq Intrusion (∼ 50 Ma), which displays a gradual
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Contaminated Magma Chamber: the Kangerlussuaq Intrusion, East Greenland 1 DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCES...30, 2008 The Palaeogene Kangerlussuaq Intrusion (50 Ma) of East Greenland displays concentric zonation...as a consequence of repeated recharge of the Kangerlussuaq Intrusion magma chamber by tapping less contaminated...armouring of the plumbing system. Kangerlussuaq; East Greenland; syenite; crustal contamination; magma...geochronology The Kangerlussuaq Intrusion (KI) is situated within the East Greenland volcanic rifted margin
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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND BULLETIN 24 • 2011 The East Greenland rifted volcanic margin C....Kent Brooks GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND DANISH MINISTRY OF CLIMATE, ENERGY AND BUILDING... Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin 24 Keywords East Greenland, North Atlantic, rifted volcanic...the glacier, the 1965 Oxford University East Greenland Expedition travelled and collected from this area...topography as found throughout most of the Kangerlussuaq–Scoresby Sund inland area. Chief editor of
Journal (issue)
Narssarssuk, Greenland. Photo by R. Bode. TITLE PAGE: The most common mineral in Greenland: ice —making...up the typical Arctic icebergs, ubiquitous in Greenland waters; photo by B. L. Nielsen. This special...(CHRISTIANSH AASIAAT (EGEDESMINDE Kangerlussuaq SISIMIUT (HOLSTEINSBORG) KANGERLUSSUAQ (S0NDRE STR0MFJORD) MANIITSOQ...AMMASSALIK (ANGMAGSSALIK) GEOLOGICAL MAP OF GREENLAND NUUK (GODTHAB) PAAMIUT (FREDERIKSHAB) ARSUK...Paleozoic and Mesozoic North Greenland platform and fold belt East Greenland Caledonian fold belt P rote
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
com/locate/lithos Cumulates from primitive rift-related East Greenland Paleogene magmas: Petrological and isotopic evidence...Kærven–Kælvegletscher area of the Kangerlussuaq Fjord, central East Greenland. We present geological, geochemical...Kælvegletscher intrusion is truncated by the Kangerlussuaq intrusion and the North Kærven by the Kærven...mantle-derived magmas, which in the Kælvegletscher complex were recurrently intruded into brittle rocks of...otherwise seen in lavas to the north and east of Kangerlussuaq. It is indicated that two components of the
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MINERAL SPECIES FffiST DESCRIBED fron1 GREENLAND Ole V. Petersen & Ole Johnsen Also in this series... MINE. RAL ....... SPECIES FIRST DESCRIBED froin GREENLAND Ole V. Petersen & Ole Johnsen The Canadian Mineralogist...organizations: The Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland Geologisk Museums St0ttefond (Geological Museum's...document on the minerals first discovered in Greenland. After all, as they point out in the first sentence...Introduction, a mere 26 kilometers separates Greenland from Canada along Nares Strait; we are neighbors
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NEPHELINITIC ROCKSAND CARBONATITES, GARDINER COMPLEX, TERTIARY OF EAST GREENLAND T . F . D . N I E L S E N a...n d B. B U C H A R D T Geological Survey of Greenland, DK-1350 Copenhagen (Denmark) Geological Institute...nephelinitic rocks and carbonatites, Gardiner Complex, Tertiary of east Greenland. Chem. Geol., 53: 207--217....carbonatite-bearing Gardiner Complex in the Tertiary Magmatic Province of east Greenland formed during the...rare and confined to the marginal parts of the complex. The Sr 0 of the magmatic liquids are similar to
Report (chapter)
26, 2015 Tertiary alkaline magmatism in East Greenland: a review T. F. D. Nielsen S U M M A R Y : The...The Tertiary alkaline magmatism in E Greenland is the result of the processes related to the continental...exposed over about 1000 km along the E coast of Greenland, and close to 100 intrusions have been identified...Introduction The Tertiary alkaline magmatism in E Greenland is dominated by salic intrusions and there are...Tertiary. General reviews of the Tertiary of E Greenland have been given by Noe-Nygaard (1974, 1976), Deer
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pedersen b,d a Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark...could all have originated in the Gardiner Complex in East Greenland. In stage 3, alkali basalts (layers...produced the large subaerial flood basalts in Greenland, at this time moved away from the continent and...Corresponding author. Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark...locations mentioned in the text. Position of Greenland at 53 Ma after Skogseid et al. (2000). (b) Sample
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
    Metallogeny of Greenland Jochen Kolb, Jakob K. Keiding, Agnete Steenfelt, Karsten Secher...Rosa, Diogo, Stensgaard, Bo M., Metallogeny of Greenland, Ore Geology Reviews (2016), doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev...pertain. ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT Metallogeny of Greenland JOCHEN KOLB1, JAKOB K. KEIDING1,2, AGNETE STEENFELT1...Economic Geology, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Øster Voldgade 10, 1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark...TE D MA Corresponding author: jkol@geus.dk Greenland is the largest island on Earth, with 80% of its
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
From the Tertiary Ultramafic Alkaline Gardiner Complex, East Greenland T.F.D. Nielsen Institute of Petrology...in the Tertiary ultramafic alkaline Gardiner complex, East Greenland is described. Based on the composition...suite of clinopyroxenes from sahlite over aegirine-augite and Ti-aegirines to acmite occurring as crystal...~BASALTS Fig. 1. Simplifiedgeologicalmap of the Gardiner complexmodified after Frisch and Keusen (1978)...the Tertiary ultramafic, alkaline Gardiner complex of East Greenland (Fig. 1). The syenites occur in minor
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
– RMM Calcite, clinopyroxene-I (aegirine – augite, augite – diopside), forsterite-I, melilite, monticellite-I...Calcite carbonatite Calcite carbonatite Gardiner, Greenland Melteigite Melilitolite Calcite carbonatite... particularly, in the carbonatites of the Oka complex. Phase relations on the section calcite – portlandite...calcite carbonatite, Oka complex; (b) pyrochlore, calcite carbonatite, Ozernyi complex; (c) baddeleyite, phoscorite...phoscorite, Kovdor complex; (d) burbankite, dolomite – calcite carbonatite, Vuori-Yarvi complex; (e) strontianite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
show disequilibrium textures Žcore resorption and complex zoning of the clinopyroxenes. suggesting either...closed system magmatic evolution; it suggests a complex evolution implying several magma batches derived...1987a., S. Brazil ŽMorbidelli et al., 1995., Greenland ŽNielsen, 1980; Larsen and Rex, 1992., E. Canadian...syenites. This paper focuses on the Kovdor massif, a complex intrusion belonging to the Paleozoic Kola alkaline...Devonian. The Kovdor massif ŽFig. 1b. Ž40 km2 . is a complex, multiphase, concentric intrusion ŽKukharenko et
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
plateau basalts of the Scoresby Sund region, East Greenland Lotte Melchior Larsen, W. Stuart Watt and Margrethe...plateau basalts of the Scoresby Sund region, East Greenland Lotte Melchior Larsen, W. Stuart Watt and Margrethe... Abstract The early Tertiary plateau basalts in East Greenland are situated on a continental margin and were...from sites in the NW part of the region; the Rømer Fjord and Skrænterne Formations form an upper regional...olivine (F080-57) are sparse but ubiquitous, and of augite (FS9-20) sparse and often absent. Groundmass phases
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Intrusion, South Greenland* Lotte Melchior Larsen The Geological Survey of Greenland, Oster Voldgade 10...as diopside-salite), "sub-calcic augite", " a l u m i n o u s augite". Recent descriptions include those...aegirine from the Illmaussaq intrusion, South Greenland (Larsen 1976). The aim of this paper is to present...I964 and 1970) consists of an early intrusion of augite syenite followed by a layered * Contribution to...to the mineralogy of Ilimaussaq no. 62 complex of agpaitic nepheline syenites with roof cumulates (sodalite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
by Wager cuts the plateau basalts of the East Greenland Tertiary province. (1934) after the French ship...has an oval outline, measures about of the East Greenland continental margin. Lilloise is unusual 32* among...are a major component of the East Greenland province and the Gardiner 5\ Lilloise intrusion is illustrative...INTRODUCTION The Lilloise intrusion is part of the East Greenland Tertiary igneous province and is situated —120...author. 66* ( 32* 200km 24* Fig. 1. The East Greenland coast showing the plateau bajalt outcrop and location
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
most massifs, and straddle the salite – augite – aegirine-augite – aegirine series. Ti-aegirine (TiO2:...microcrysts and acicular crystals Sodic ferro-augite to aegirine Richterite (XFe: 48.6–100); ZrO2: 0...Tm122. Ferro-augite to aegirine (XFe: 54.8–100); ZrO 2 1.43 wt.% Manganoan aegirine-augite (MnO: 3.7–4...ferrohedenbergite (XFe: 38.5–50.1); – Salite-augite to aegirine-augite Kaersutite and apatite occasional bio-...mm). Salite-augite to aegirine Ti-aegirine (TiO2: 2.5–4.14 wt.%); Manganoan aegirine-augite (MnO: 3.48–6
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Norway. Rock type: pegmatite inside larvikite (augite monzonite to syenite with schillerizing feldspars)...09TRE-B, 2 crystals. (3) Tertiary Gardiner Complex in the East Greenland which represents an eroded core...29938/2 (GEUS), 1 crystal. (4) Singertât complex, South-east Greenland belonging to the archean Skjoldungen...amphibole and fluoro-apatite. (5) Iivaara alkaline complex in North Finland. This is the SW-most end of the...South Norway and especially the sample from Gardiner Complex (29938/2) show increased contents of Fe3+
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals such as eudialyte and rinkite, that is complex silicates of Zr, Ti, the rare earth elements (REE)...200 in the type locality, the Ilfmaussaq complex, South Greenland. These rocks have very long melting intervals...developed, hyperagpaitic lujavrites of the Ilfmaussaq complex have been formed from melts with extreme concentrations...syenite, phonolite, eudialyte, rinkite, Ilfmaussaq complex. Introduction SOME of the characteristic minerals...200 years. They were collected in the Ilfmaussaq complex by K.L. Giesecke in 1806 and were subsequently
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from the northern complex may be related to nearby melilitolites, but the central complex carbonatites and...containing a variety of rock types. A central complex (28 km2) is surrounded by satellite complexes to...south (13 km2), east (10 km2), and the Kuznavalok complex to the west (1.3 km2). The latter contains the...convecting and crystallizing magma body. The northern complex represents a suite of small, scattered bodies,...classification of Dunworth and Bell (1998). Thus, the Turiy complex includes pyroxenites, melteigite-ijoliteurtites
Report (volume)
Mid-Proterozoic alkaline magmatism in southern Greenland: the Gardar province 449 LARSEN, L. M. & SORENSEN...T. F. D. Tertiary alkaline magmatism in East Greenland: a review 489 DOWNES, H. Tertiary and Quaternary...alkaline provinces, such as East Africa, southern Greenland and the Kola Peninsula, are included together...(1983) for the Tupertalik carbonatite in western Greenland. At the present time, alkaline magmas are erupted...The Proterozoic Gardar province in SouthWest Greenland is probably the best studied of these and is reviewed
Journal (issue)
... 483 by M. Germine The Gardiner Complex, a new locality in Greenland ........................485...during the 1950s. The ilmenite crystals exhibited complex forms, a metallic luster, and triangular growth...communica­ tion). The jarosite occurs as minute complex crystals and as yellow powder. Superficially similar...having distorted development of {111} or {111}. Complex modifications of this simple habit include development...veins. Graves Mountain rutile is morphologically complex. A selection of crystal drawings that illustrate
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals of the Afrikanda alkaline‑ultramafic complex: Implications for the evolution of perovskite mineralisation...perovskite in the alkaline-ultramafic Afrikanda complex (Kola Peninsula, Russia) led to the study of polymineralic...ultramafic and carbonate rocks from the Afrikanda complex to shed further light on their petrogenesis, and...silicocarbonatites at the Afrikanda alkalineultramafic complex have been proposed to be magmatic (Chakhmouradian...of the silicate and alkaline rock units in the complex (modified after Afanasyev 2011) 13 Contributions
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Igaliko Dyke Swarm, Gardar Province, South Greenland: field, geochemical and C-0-Sr-Nd isotope evidence...June 1996 Abstract The Igaliko Nepheline-Syenite Complex of Gardar age (1300-l 120 Ma) includes carbonatite...series of dykes from the Igaliko Nepheline-Syenite Complex which are pertinent to the origin of these carbonatites...occurs Nepheline-Syenite South Greenland carbonatite dykes Complex and as a late plug associated ...within of the Gardar (Upton and are spatially Greenland Emeleus, associated the Igaliko Province,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rocks are potassium feldspar, Ti-rich aegirine-augite, aenigmatite, alkaline amphiboles, astrophyllite...rock types: ijolite pegmatites of the Gardiner complex, Greenland (Johnsen et al. 1994), peralkaline nephelinite...2012, 2014), fenites of the Sarambi carbonatite complex, Paraguay (Haggerty and Mariano 1983), phlogopite-rich...potassium feldspar (25–30 vol.%), Ti-rich aegirine-augite (10–15 vol.%), aenigmatite (10–15 vol.%), amphiboles...Nb2O5 SrO BaO F Total –O=F Total Ti-rich aegirine-augite (Px) and subhedral zoned pinkish-brown crystals
 
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