Ilimaussaq Alkaline Complex, South Greenland

The Ilimaussaq alkaline complex, South Greenland, the type locality of agpaitic nepheline syenites and of thirty minerals, among which arfvedsonite, eudialyte and sodalite, has been studied since 1806. This title reviews the outcome of 200 years of geological investigations and presents an overview and a synthesis of the petrology of the complex.