GIESECKl^, ROCKS AND MINERALS OF S. GREENLAND. 351 



6. From the Buxe-fjord to the neighbourhood of Godthaab. 

 LocaUties, Nos. 152-193. 



Rocks. — Granite (grey and red), syenitic granite, gneiss, mica- 

 schist and talcose mica-slate, talcose rock with grains of felspar, 

 syenite, basalt. 



Minerals. — Variously coloured quartz, tourmaline, tremolite, 

 actinolite with yellow mica, hornblende, asbestos, amianthus 

 with rhomb-spar, glassy actinolite (diallage), sahlite, augite, autho- 

 phyllite and varieties, allanite in granite, garnet in mica-slate 

 and weiss-stein, mica with amianthus, olivine with mica, pargasite 

 in calc-spar, felspar, green felspar, scapolite, epidote, emerald, 

 moroxite in granite and mica- slate, indigolite with quartz, 

 mundic in clay, pyrites in talc, titanite in quartz, felspar, and 

 sahlite, molybdenite, siliceous sinter. 



7. From Godthaab to Narkseitsiak (both inclusive), N. of 

 Baal's River. LocaUtes, Nos. 194-219. 



Rocks. — Red and grey granites (chiefly grey at Baal's River, 

 &c.), mica-slate, talc-rock, axestone, sandy clay, and clay with 

 nodules of Mallotus Grcenlandicus. 



Minerals. — Quartz, chalcedony, hornstone, adularia, tourmaline, 

 actinolite, tremolite, sahlite, mica, talc, potstone, garnet in granite 

 and mica-schist, allanite in red granite. 



Mr. J. W. Tayler * adds (p. 215), the following notes : — 

 Loc. 46. Sardlock. Fergusonite, titanic iron, and beryl in 

 coarse-grained granite. 

 ,^ 59. The gieseckite has been searched for here repeatedly 



without success. 

 „ 62. Julianshaab. A pebble of phosphate of lead in gravel. 

 ,, 96. Naiiaitiak, an island close to Nunarsoit. Copper-ore 

 in chloritic schist, and amazon-stone (green felspar). 

 „ 111. Ivikaet, Ivigtout, or Evigtok. Tantalite in fine 

 crystals, a new hydrous silicate of zirconia and 

 yttria, fluor, blende, auriferous arsenical pyrites, and 

 galena containing 58 ozs. of silver to the ton. 

 „ 116, 117, 118. Allanite, potstone. 



„ 120. Greenlanders say that large bones are to be found high 

 up on this mountain (Kingiktorsoak or Tindingen). 

 „ 126 (Pamiut). Copper-pyrites, hypersthene. 

 Avigait, near Loc. 187, Much allanite. 

 Near Godthaab. Selenide of lead and copper. 



See above, pp. 344 and 348. 



