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Corundum from
Uivfaq, Disko Island, Qeqertalik, Greenland


Locality type:Occurrence
Classification
Species:Corundum
Formula:Al2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Corundum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Uivfaq, Disko Island, Qeqertalik, Greenland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:509626
Long-form Identifier:1:3:509626:8
GUID (UUID V4):b07bc85a-5fd8-47e6-8b98-1630c23de4ec
Nearest other occurrences of Corundum
95.0km (59.0 miles) Asuk, Disko Island, Qeqertalik, Greenland
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THS IN METALLIC IRON-BEARING BASALTS, DISKO ISLAND, GREENLAND Wrr,rrau G. MBr.soNeNo Gnoncp Swrrzrn Departmentof...C. Ansrnac:t Tertiary basalt flows from west Greenland commonly contain metallic iron and graphite. They...rose-colored spinel and rarely corundum are included in these basalts on Disko Island. The xenoliths are remarkably...graphite, particularly in an environment such as Disko, where active reduction of ferrous iron to iron...alloys which occur in some basalts from Disko rsrand, west Greenland. These basalts,in view of the abundanceof
Journal (issue)
THEUIVFAQDIKEANDRELATED HYBRID DIKESFROMSOUTHERN DISKO, WESTGREENLAND FJELD RELATIONS BY ERLING FUNDAL...THEUIVFAQDIKEANDRELATED HYBRID DIKESFROMSOUTHERN DISKO, WESTGREENLAND FIELD RELATIONS BY ERLING WITH...geological and magnetic study of the Uivfaq locality in southern Disko, which is known for its large boulders...closely related to the Uivfaq dike. The dike has the same strike and dip as the Uivfaq dike and also contains...exposed at several places in southern and central Disko, leaves the gneiss at Kitdlit and continues northwards
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
graphite andesite volcano, Nuussuaq, central West Greenland Asger Ken Pedersen a,⁎, Lotte Melchior Larsen...Copenhagen K, Denmark Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Øster Voldgade 10, DK 1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark...chemically similar subaerial lavas and breccias from Disko and Nuussuaq contain less graphite and more iron...Graphite; Volcano; Paleocene; Nuussuaq Basin; Greenland 1. Introduction ⁎ Corresponding author. Tel...Nuussuaq Basin in central West Greenland and in particular the island of Disko is known for its large and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sedimentcontaminated Tertiary volcanics from Disko Island, Greenland Cyrena Anne Goodrich* and P. Jonathan Patchett...sedimentcontaminated Tertiary volcanics from Disko Island, Greenland. Lithos, 27:13-27. Nd and Sr isotopic data...for metallic iron-bearing volcanics from Disko Island, Greenland. These rocks are the products of contamination...the earliest contaminated sequences in the West Greenland basalt province, can be modelled as a simple mixture...Introduction The Tertiary volcanic province of Disko Island, West Greenland, which is one of the provinces of plateau
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Native Iron in a Lava From Asuk, Disko, Central West Greenland Asger Ken Pedersen Geologisk Museum...enclosed in basalt in a native iron bearing lava from Disko is similar in chemistry, apart from volatile components...Tertiary carbonaceous shale sediments from West Greenland, believed to have been the major contaminant and...formation of the native iron in the volcanic rocks on Disko. The shale buchite has preserved original sedimentary...Since the first major description of native iron on Disko by Nordenskj61d (1870) a large number of theories
Report (chapter)
apparently associated with basalts at Disko Island, West Greenland, Daubr6e took part in the subsequent...This view changed following an expedition to Greenland in May 1870, led by the Finnish geologist, mineralogist...(1832-1901). Since 1818 previous explorers of Greenland had noted that the indigenous population used...find at Fortune Bay on Disko Island (located off the west coast of Greenland at approximately latitude...(1852), Mellemfjord and Assuk (Asuk, 1872) on Disko Island; and from Niakornaok (1847) on the mainland
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...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...Archaean i 500 km i i i i PREFACE Throughout Greenland there are many interesting mineral localities
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
STRUCTURAL STUDIES IN THE PRE-CAMBRIAN OF WESTERN GREENLAND III SOUTHERN SUKKERTOPPE DISTRICT BY ASGER...STRUCTURAL STUDIES IN THE PRE-CAMBRIAN OF WESTERN GREENLAND III SOUTHERN SUKKERTOPPEN DISTRICT BY ASGER...Struetural Studies in the Pre·Cambrian of Western Greenland. 5 lite metamorphism ean be matched with the...(see tables 1 and 3), magnetite, molybdenite, corundum, monazite, zircon, talc and soapstone have been...under the auspicies of the Geological Survey of Greenland (GGU) within the Southern Sukkertoppen district
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sulphide Bodies With Native Iron From Disko, Central West Greenland Asger Ken Pedersen Geologisk Museum...occurrence of strongly Ni-depleted reduced basalts on Disko shows that fractionation of metal and sulphides...iron-bearing volcanic rock units in Disko and Nfigssuaq, Central West Greenland. Sulphide blebs with native iron...(Nichiporuk et al., 1967). The glassy dyke rock from Disko to be described below provides an example of basalt...dyke) a native iron-bearing basaltic dyke in South Disko (Fig. 1), and Pedersen (1977) made additional observations
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Volcanic Rocks with Native Iron from Disko, Central West Greenland A.K. Pedersen Geologisk Museum, fOster...to daci~ic lavas from the Maligfit Formation on Disko contain an early phenocryst assemblage of plagioclase...ascent and solidification. Introduction The island of Disko is known for the largest and most varied occurrences...occurrences at Hammers Dal (Ulff-Moller 1977) and Uivfaq (Nordenski61d 1870; Steenstrup 1875; L6fquist and...surface. Several iron-bearing volcanic rocks on Disko show evidence of a strong progressive reduction
Journal (issue)
quantities of minerals have been sent home from Greenland. These minerals originate from different sources...material has naturally been collected in East Greenland by the numerous expeditions of later years, whereas...increase the size of the hook. As far as West Greenland is concerned, the geological conditions are rather...peninsulas of Svartenhuk and ugssuaq and the island of Disko, is built up of plateau basalt, several km...which chiefly occur in the southernmost part of Greenland. As elsewhere, the occurrences of minerals in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals: andradite for Si and Ca, rutile for Ti, corundum for Al, hematite for Fe, eskolaite for Cr, rhodonite...al., 2003). On the Nuussuaq peninsula, Western Greenland, glass spherules were also found in sedimentary...g., Brownlee, 1985; Herzog et al., 1999), (2) Greenland lake deposits (Maurette et al., 1991), (3) Antarctic... S. (1977) Native iron occurrences of Disko Island. Greenland. J. Geol. 85, 359–371. Bird J. M., Goodrich...Weathers M. S. (1981) Petrogenesis of Uivfaq Iron, Disko Island, Greenland. J. Geophys. Res. (B) 86, 11787–11805
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
y of Archean metasedimentary rocks from West Greenland SCOTT A. A. FINNERTYand F. R. BOYD:Evaluation...abundances in human kidney stones 187 L. P. GREENLAND: Gas composition of the January 1983 eruption...Fiskenaesset anorthosite complex, southern West Greenland: Nature of the parent magma” by B. L. Weaver,...Fiskenaesset anorthosite complex, southern West Greenland: Nature ofthe parent magma. Reply to a Comment...hydrothermal Mn-oxide deposits from the S.W. Pacific island arc 433 P. A. MEYERS,M. J. LEENHEER,B. J. EADIEand
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Paleocene Picrites and Flood Basalts on Disko and Nuussuaq, West Greenland LOTTE M. LARSEN1* AND ASGER K. PEDERSEN2...PEDERSEN2 1 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND (GEUS), STER VOLDGADE 10, DK-1350 COPENHAGEN...rift-related Paleocene volcanic succession in West Greenland comprises voluminous picrites (the Vaigat Formation)...stratigraphy for the c. 3 km combined succession on Disko and Nuussuaq has been established that provides...similar to the source for the E-type lavas on Baffin Island may be present in the earliest rocks. Melting took
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
iron-carbon alloys in basaltic magma at Uivfaq, Disko Island: the role of carbon in mafic magmas. Journal...Element Initial phase Mineral Density Al Al2O3 corundum 4.02 1634 Ca (+U,Th) CaAl12O19 hibonite
Book (volume)
several generations of geologists. Greenland, the largest island in the world, forms a stepping-stone...stepping-stone toward the west. Even though Greenland is a remote island with a severe climate, the persistent work...Precambrian Greenlandic Shield. In North America, the Greenland province is usually considered a part of the great...: : ISLES ; BRITISH ‘ : THE PRECAMBRIAN OF GREENLAND by Asger Berthelsen and Arne Noe-Nygaard THE PRECAMBRIAN...west by the Greenland Sea and in the north by the Polar Sea. In the south the desolate island Bjorngya (Bear
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org/details/geologyofgreenla0000unse Geology of Greenland = ~ Geology of sreenland Arthur Escher ...Geological Survey of Greenland 1976 Copyright © The Geological Survey of Greenland, Available The from...DK-1350 Denmark or through ISBN 1976 Survey of Greenland 10 Copenhagen your bookseller 87-980404—0-5S... Fabrik A/S, Odense Preface Geology of Greenland aims to provide a concise modern account...geology. A large part of the exposed bedrock in Greenland is formed of Precambrian crystalline rocks with
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org/details/geologyofgreenla0000unse Geology of Greenland ™~ i ~ j : . . — ; i ~ - : Arthur Escher...Geological Survey of Greenland 1976 Copyright © The Geological Survey of Greenland, Available from...from The Geological Survey of Greenland @Mster Voldgade 10 DK-1350 Copenhagen Denmark or through your bookseller...ae A/S, Odense 1976 Preface Geology of Greenland aims to provide a concise modern account of...geology. A large part of the exposed bedrock in Greenland is formed of Precambrian crystalline rocks with
Book (edition)
Digenite orange to brownish light blue-grey; 15.00 Corundum Rickardite yes medium bluegrey; 16.31 Roquesite...Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, native Copper, Corundum, Cu-Zn alloy, Galena, Garnet, Ilmenite, native...(dark grey); Uivfaq (Ovifak), Qeqertarsuaq Island (Disko Island), Kitaa Province (West Greenland), Greenland...serpentinisation Red Hill, Wairau Valley, South Island, New Zealand Awaruite, Chromite, native Copper...serpentinites, • placers, • meteorites Gorge River, South Island, New Zealand Cohenite, Daubréelite, Goethite, Graphite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
quartz-feldspar contacts are peraluminous and corundum normative. Quartz and feldspar occur in the Shrimpton...Iron-Carbon Alloys in Basaltic Magma at T Uivfaq , Disko Island: The Role of Carbon in Mafic Magmas. J....rocks in Paleogene sediments of southern Ellesmere Island , Canadian AN Arctic Archipelago , Nunavut 1013
Book (edition)
Polyphosphates 9. Silicates 9 .A Nesosilicates (island silicates) 9.B Sorosilicates (groups of islands...expressed in clase. 7 - quartz. 8 - topaz, 9 - corundum, 10 - dia- percentage. The collected data on optics...or mountain), Mts. (mountains), R. (river), Is. (island), Vole. (volcano), Penin. (peninsula), St. (Saint)...(in the sequence North and South America and Greenland, then Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica)...the same sequence: North and South America and Greenland, then Europe, etc. For some economically important
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famous locality is Blaafjeld near Uivfaq on Disko Island. Greenland, where masses up to 20 tons were found... S mm. Konder. Russia Arsenic, 45 mm, Allien Island, Canada Antimony. 37 mm. New Brunswick, Arsenic...several cm in size known from Nordrc Stromljord Greenland. Crystals were also found in Sterling Hill, New...realgar and calcite in the salt domes near High Island, Texas, USA. 43 Sperrylite, 55 mm, Talnakh,...30 mm (1V» in) in size were found in Ivigtut. Greenland, where it was mined as the Al ore for more than
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Copper Country (vol. 23, no. 2) Co. Company G Greenland (vol. 24, no. 2) fl. Fluorescent, or fluoresces...Copper Country; 23/#4, Yukon Phosphates; 24/#2, Greenland; and 25/#6, The History of Mineral Collecting)...81-160 161-240 241-320 321--400 [ 1-104 GREENLAND] HMC0 ] 1-264 •MINERAL MUSEUMS OF EASTERN...ALASKA Famous mineral localities: Prince of Wales Island, Alaska (by P. B. Leavens & R. W. Thomssen) 8:4-12... McColl) 11:287-291 FII'St discovery of ruby [corundum] in [Mount Brady, Harts Range] Australia (by D
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orogenic belts formed in evolutionarily primitive island arcs, e.g. in the Izu Peninsula, Japan and elsewhere;...anhydrite) and advanced argillic (andalusite, corundum, muscovite) assemblage. This represents a considerable...quartz-sericite and advanced argillic (andalusite, diaspore, corundum) alterites. The "secondary quartzites" and even...andalusite-sericite, grading in depth into diaspore-corundum; vertical ruling: supergene argillization. (b)...belts (Insular Belt in the west, e.g. on Vancouver Island and Interior Belt in the east) are densely mineralized
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
lead, Greenland, 26: 541 lead, sedimentary pyrite, 26: 1442 lead, sulphides from Ivigtut, Greenland, 26:...weathering processes, @@: 1031 isotopes, in dust from Greenland ice sheet, 29: 21 in krtolinite, 29: 1056 in laterites...BUCHWALD, VAQN. The iron meteorite “Thule,” North Greenland, 25: 95-98 BUNCH, THEODORE E., with PARK, FREDERICK...ooze, Antarotica, 39:944 metallic masses, Uivfaq, Greenland, 22: 1749 metallic spherules in tektites,...1628 LL-group, Zr abundances in 2,28: 1963 Long Island, tantalum in, 29: 45 Loongana, chemical composition
 
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