Locality type:

Pegmatite

Classification

Species:

Leucophanite

Formula:

NaCaBeSi₂O₆F

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

Locality Data:

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

134317

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:134317:5

GUID (UUID V4):

a70586f0-5847-48d2-ba91-f39f8b2828c8

Nearest other occurrences of Leucophanite

29.1km (18.1 miles)

29.6km (18.4 miles)

32.0km (19.9 miles)

32.5km (20.2 miles)

33.0km (20.5 miles)

33.7km (20.9 miles)

References

Bøggild, O. B. (1953) The Mineralogy of Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland Vol. 149 (3) C.A.Reitzelpp.311-312

Petersen, Ole V., Secher, Karsten (1985) Grönland - Mineralien - Geologie - Geschichte. Verlag Bode & Partner KG.

Reference Search (possible matching items)

	*(2023) Micheelsenite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America*	Report (issue)
	A late-stage hydrothermal product in alkaline pegmatite. Association: Aegirine, albite, ancylite-(Ce)...calcioancylite-(Ce), catapleiite, fluorite, galena, gibbsite, leucophanite, microcline, natrolite, nafertisite, orthoclase... todorokite (Nanna pegmatite, Greenland). Distribution: From the Nanna pegmatite at Narsaarsuup Qaava...Qaava, South Greenland, the Narssârssuk pegmatite, Greenland and in pegmatites, hornfels, marble xenoliths...Copenhagen, Denmark. He discovered the Nanna pegmatite. Type Material: Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa
	*Chukanov, Nikita V., Chervonnyi, Alexandr D. (2016) Infrared Spectroscopy of Minerals and Related Compounds. Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-25349-7*	Book
	42(H2O)0.18[Al2(Be2.35Li0.65)Si6O18] from Mokrusha pegmatite, Murzinka, Middle Urals (Yakubovich et al. 2009;...phosphates: nahpoite Na2(HPO4) from peralkaline pegmatite of the Lovozero massif (a), newberyite Mg(HPO4)·3H2O...Al)4(B,Be)12O28 (Fig. 2.5) Locality: Sahutany pegmatite ﬁeld, Madagascar. Description: Yellowish semitransparent...Description: White granular aggregate from peralkaline pegmatite. Investigated by I.V. Pekov. Kind of sample preparation...58) Locality: Narssârssuq pegmatite, Igaliko alkaline complex, South Greenland. Description: Colourless

Leucophanite from Narssârssuk pegmatite, Narsaarsuk Plateau, Igaliku, Kujalleq, Greenland