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Locality Name:
Lake Taupo, Taupo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand


mindat Locality ID: 4392
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4392.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lake Taupo, Taupo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
3 Mile Bay
4 Mile Bay
Kinloch
Rangatira Point (Ponui Point)
Tapuaeharuru Bay
Western Shore
Whakaipo Bay
Wharewaka

Latitude: 38°44'8"S
Longitude: 175°59'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -38.735555555556,175.98638888889
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleClayCorundumCristobaliteFeldsparGypsumMicaMordeniteNone
OlivinePseudobrookitePyroxeneQuartzSpinelSulphurTitaniteTridymiteZircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Augite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Edenite  (*)Fayalite  (*)
Ferro-edenite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Grunerite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Mullite  (*)Opal  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pseudobrookite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sanidine  (*)Sulphur  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tridymite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)488321,88322,88327,883288803
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6388321,88324,883282060
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2588321,88322,88324,88325,88328453
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2288324,88327160
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)788321,88322,88324,88325,88326,88327,88328371
Ferro-edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Fe2+5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2288321,8832857
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1883211188
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2388321,88322,88328223
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1883216890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3788321,88322,88324,88325,88326,88327,8832814640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4488321,88322,88324,8832814899
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O288321,88328405
Mullite  (*)NoneAl4+2xSi2-2xO10-x (x ≈ 0.4)488322,88324,88325,8832878
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1883242994
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2788321,88322,88324,88325,88326,88327,883282273
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O5188327164
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2288321,8832861156
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)188328598
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O388321,88324,883284899
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2788321,88322,88324,88325,88326,88327,88328458
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1883215251


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