On sapphirine-bearing rocks in the vicinity of Sukkertoppen (West Greenland)

Abstract

During the journey along the west coast of Greenland where some of the members of the G. G. U.s expeditions of 1946 had to undertake geologic investigations in the Holsteinsborg district, a scattered and casual geologic reconnaissance was made at several places along the coast. After the return to Copenhagen some rock samples from the vicinity of Sukkertoppen appeared to contain the comparatively rare mineral of sapphirine, and a brief examination of these rock specimens was made in spite of the incomplete field work.