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

mindat Locality ID: 15251
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15251.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wairakei, Taupo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Lake Rotokawa
Ngatamariki Thermal Area (Pavlova Spring)
Wairakei Geothermal Area (Craters Of The Moon)

Latitude: 38°35'59"S
Longitude: 176°8'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -38.599722222222,176.14444444444

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Baryte	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Cristobalite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Kaolinite
Marcasite	Metavoltine	Mica	Mordenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Prehnite	Pyrite
Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Titanite	Topaz

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Alunogen ()*
Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenic ()*
Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Cristobalite ()*	Dickite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Meta-alunogen ()*	Metavoltine ()*	Mordenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*	Orpiment ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Realgar ()*	Rosickýite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Titanite ()*
Topaz ()*	Wairakite ()*

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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Andalusite Aragonite Arsenic Baryte Calcite
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Cristobalite Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Halotrichite Kaolinite
Marcasite Metavoltine Mica Mordenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment Prehnite Pyrite
Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Titanite Topaz

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	88340	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	88340,88341	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	88340,88341,88342	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	88340,88342	966
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	2	88340,88341	272
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	88340	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	88341	1310
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	2	88340,88341	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	88342	3250
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	1	88340	379
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	88340	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	88340,88341,88342	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	88340	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	88340	2600
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	88340	1025
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	88341	453
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	88341	651
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	88340,88341,88342	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	88340	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	88340	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	88340	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	88340	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	88340,88341	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	88340,88341,88342	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	88342	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	88340,88341	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	88340	5674
Meta-alunogen ()*	None	Al₂(SO₄)₃·14H₂O	1	88340	8
Metavoltine ()*	Metavoltine	K₂Na₆Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₆O₂(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	1	88340	78
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	2	88340,88341	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	88340,88341	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	88340	128
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	88340	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	3	88340,88341,88342	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	88340	511
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	88341,88342	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	88340,88341	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	88341	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	88340	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	88340,88341,88342	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	88340	712
Rosickýite ()*	None	S	1	88340	22
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	88340	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	88340,88341	2045
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	88340	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	88341	1476
Wairakite ()*	Analcime	Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O	3	88340,88341,88342	73

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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