Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Wairakei Geothermal Area (Craters Of The Moon), Wairakei, Taupo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 44603
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-44603.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wairakei Geothermal Area (Craters Of The Moon), Wairakei, Taupo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°38'36"S
Longitude: 176°4'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -38.643333333333,176.06888888889

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	None
Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Quartz

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 C Ca Fe H K Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Aragonite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite None
Not in a structural group Prehnite Quartz

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Opal ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*
Wairakite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	966
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Wairakite ()*	Analcime	Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O	73

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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