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Pectolite from
Qaarsut, Nuussuaq Peninsula, Avannaata, Greenland


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Pectolite
Formula:NaCa2Si3O8(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pectolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Qaarsut, Nuussuaq Peninsula, Avannaata, Greenland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:551267
Long-form Identifier:1:3:551267:6
GUID (UUID V4):0a5ba8d5-555e-462d-8542-095be44a718b
References
Benson, W.N. (1940): Kaersutite and other brown Amphiboles in the Cainozoic Igneous rocks of the Dunedin District, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Vol. 69, 283-308
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Petersen, Ole V., Johnsen, Ole (2005) Mineral species first described from Greenland - Special Publication No. 8. The Canadian Mineralogist. p.1-184.
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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
Johnsen, Ole (2002) Photographic Guide to Minerals of the World. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
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CRYSTALLOGRAPHY Figure 5. Gneiss from Zackenberg, Greenland. Gneiss is a rock consisting of feldspars, quartz...relatively a very special tinbeen found only in Greenland, alabundant. Figure 6. Rhomb porphyry from Bulbjerg...from Kangerdluarsuk, the Ilimaussaq complex, Greenland. The rock consists mainly of feldspar (white)...belonging to {110}, from the Gardiner complex, Greenland. Field of view: 44 x 75 mm. fore {hkl}, e.g....view: 40 x 45 mm. Figure 69. Pectolite from New Jersey, USA. Pectolite commonly occurs in aggregates
 
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