Open AccessCorundum crystals with blue-red colour zoning near Kangerdluarssuk, Sukkertoppen district, West Greenland
Author(s) -
Adam A. Garde,
Mogens Marker
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
rapport
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2597-2944
pISSN - 0418-6559
DOI - 10.34194/rapggu.v140.8032
Subject(s) - corundum , zoning , geology , archaeology , physical geography , geochemistry , geography , mineralogy , law , political science
Results are presented of field work at a corundum locality near the head of Kangerdluarssuk, east of Maniitsoq/Sukkertoppen, West Greenland. The authors carried out geological mapping and sampling over four days in August 1987 to evaluate the quality of the corundum as a possibIe gemstone.