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:
Rotorua District, Bay Of Plenty Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 143345
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143345.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rotorua District, Bay Of Plenty Region, New Zealand": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Lake Rotorua Area
Mount Ngongotaha
Okataina
Te Kopia Geothermal Area
Te Puia (Whakarewarewa)
Waiotapu (Wai-O-Tapu)

Latitude: 38°12'47"S
Longitude: 176°18'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -38.213055555556,176.30527777778

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.

Alum	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Cristobalite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	Milarite
Mordenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Orpiment	Pseudobrookite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tamarugite	Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*
Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Edenite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fayalite ()*	Ferro-edenite ()*	Fluoro-edenite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kalinite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mercury ()*	Meta-alunogen ()*	Mirabilite ()*
Mordenite ()*	Mullite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Opal ()*	Orpiment ()*
Osumilite-(Mg) ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Richterite ()*	Sanidine ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tamarugite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tridymite ()*
Tschermigite ()*	Wairakite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca F Fe H Hg K Mg N Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alum Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Baryte Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Cristobalite Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Melanterite Mica Milarite
Mordenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Orpiment Pseudobrookite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Sulphur Tamarugite Titanite Tridymite Zircon

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	87390,87395	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	87393,87395	966
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	1	87393	272
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	87392	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	87390	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	87395	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	87395	27770
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	3	87390,87392,87395	453
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	87391	327
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	87390	160
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	87392	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	87395	8173
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	87390	371
Ferro-edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Fe²⁺₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	87390	57
Fluoro-edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂F₂	1	87390	27
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	87395	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	87395	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	87395,87396	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	87390,87392,87393	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	87390	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	87395	2228
Kalinite ()*	None	KAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O	1	87393	54
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	87393,87395	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	87395	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	87390,87392	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	87390	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	87393	915
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	1	87395	397
Meta-alunogen ()*	None	Al₂(SO₄)₃·14H₂O	1	87393	8
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1	87393	223
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	1	87395	405
Mullite ()*	None	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1	87390	78
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	87395	128
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	4	87388,87392,87393,87395	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	87395	511
Osumilite-(Mg) ()*	Milarite	KMg₂Al₃(Al₂Si₁₀)O₃₀	1	87390	42
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	87390	2273
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	1	87390	164
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	87390,87395	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	87395	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	87390,87393,87395	61156
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	87390	148
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	87392	598
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	87395	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	87395	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	87395	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	3	87393,87395,87396	2045
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	87393	87
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	87390,87395	4899
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	2	87390,87392	458
Tschermigite ()*	Alum	(NH₄)Al(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	87393	81
Wairakite ()*	Analcime	Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O	1	87395	73
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	87392	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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