Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 15257
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15257.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lake Rotokawa, Wairakei, Taupo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°37'28"S
Longitude: 176°11'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -38.624444444444,176.19166666667

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	Arsenic	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Metavoltine	Mica
Mordenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Sulphur	Titanite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Alunogen ()*
Anatase ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Meta-alunogen ()*	Metavoltine ()*	Mordenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*	Orpiment ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rosickýite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Titanite ()*	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 Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

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

39 IMA Minerals at location:

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

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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