Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Kaipara District, Northland Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 26825
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26825.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kaipara District, Northland Region, New Zealand": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Aranga
Arapohue
Dargaville
Donnellys Crossing
Kaipara Harbour
Kirikoponi
Maunganui Bluff
Tokatoka

Latitude: 35°54'31"S
Longitude: 173°51'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.908611111111,173.865

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Allophane	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Copper
Corundum	Cristobalite	Domeykite	Feldspar	Garnet	Gismondine	Gypsum	Harmotome	Heulandite	Melilite
Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pectolite	Prehnite	Pseudobrookite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Spinel	Spurrite-Afwillite	Sulphur	Thomsonite	Titanite	Tobermorite	Tridymite	Turquoise	Wollastonite

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cu

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chabazite Chalcopyrite Copper
Corundum Cristobalite Domeykite Feldspar Garnet Gismondine Gypsum Harmotome Heulandite Melilite
Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pectolite Prehnite Pseudobrookite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Spinel Spurrite-Afwillite Sulphur Thomsonite Titanite Tobermorite Tridymite Turquoise Wollastonite

65 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Afwillite ()*	Albite ()*	Algodonite ()*	Analcime ()*
Andradite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Cavansite ()*	Cebollite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite-Na ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Clinoptilolite-Na ()*	Copper ()*	Cowlesite ()*	Cristobalite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Domeykite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Foshagite ()*	Gehlenite ()*	Gismondine ()*	Gobbinsite ()*	Gonnardite ()*
Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Harmotome ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kilchoanite ()*	Larnite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Offretite ()*	Okenite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pectolite ()*	Planerite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rankinite ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Scawtite ()*
Scolecite ()*	Siderite ()*	Spinel ()*	Spurrite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Titanite ()*	Tobermorite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	87638	1022
Afwillite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₃[SiO₄][SiO₂(OH)₂]·2H₂O	1	87648	41
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	87635,87638	8803
Algodonite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu_1-xAs_x (x ≈ 0.15)	1	87641	41
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	7	87635,87637,87638,87645,87646,87647,87648	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	87638	1534
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	87633,87647	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	87633,87638	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	87635,87645,87646,87647	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	8	87633,87635,87638,87640,87644,87645,87646,87648	27770
Cavansite ()*	None	Ca(V⁴⁺O)(Si₄O₁₀)·4H₂O	1	87633	14
Cebollite ()*	Melilite	Ca₅Al₂(SiO₄)₃(OH)₄	2	87646,87648	13
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	1	87633	310
Chabazite-Na ()*	Chabazite	(Na₃K)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	2	87646,87647	66
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	87648	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	87633	3531
Clinoptilolite-Na ()*	Heulandite	Na₆(Si₃₀Al₆)O₇₂·20H₂O	1	87642	24
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	87633	3846
Cowlesite ()*	None	Ca(Al₂Si₃)O₁₀·5-6H₂O	3	87633,87640,87645	84
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	87646	453
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	87633	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	87635,87648	4135
Domeykite ()*	Domeykite	Cu₃As	0		73
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	87635	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	87635	1188
Foshagite ()*	None	Ca₄(SiO₃)₃(OH)₂	1	87648	19
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	1	87646	114
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	4	87633,87640,87646,87648	128
Gobbinsite ()*	Gismondine	Na₅(Si₁₁Al₅)O₃₂·11H₂O	1	87633	17
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	2	87635,87647	167
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	87646	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	87647	6890
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	2	87646,87647	290
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	87633	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	87638,87646,87647	5433
Kilchoanite ()*	None	Ca₆(SiO₄)(Si₃O₁₀)	2	87646,87648	9
Larnite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₂(SiO₄)	2	87646,87648	48
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	87637	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5	87635,87638,87646,87647,87648	14899
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	5	87635,87637,87638,87645,87647	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	87635	884
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	1	87640	146
Okenite ()*	None	Ca₁₀Si₁₈O₄₆·18H₂O	1	87633	71
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	87646	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	87646,87647	2349
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	2	87646,87648	363
Planerite ()*	Turquoise	Al₆(PO₄)₂(PO₃OH)₂(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	87635	43
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	87637,87646,87648	1898
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	1	87633	164
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	87635,87638,87647,87648	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	87648	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	87646	61156
Rankinite ()*	None	Ca₃Si₂O₇	2	87646,87648	25
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	87638	375
Scawtite ()*	None	Ca₇(Si₃O₉)₂(CO₃)·2H₂O	2	87646,87648	25
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	87638	390
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	5	87640,87645,87646,87647,87649	6417
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	87635	1934
Spurrite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₅(SiO₄)₂(CO₃)	2	87646,87648	54
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	87635	2045
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	3	87633,87638,87647	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	87638	4899
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	2	87646,87648	114
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	87638,87647	2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	2	87646,87648	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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