Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Auckland Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 15346
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15346.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Auckland Region, New Zealand": 54
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 40

Number of Child Localities: 30
Child Localities:
Browns Island (Motukorea)
Campbells Bay
Castor Bay
Cheltenham Beach
Franklin
Great Barrier Island
Kaukapakapa
Kawau Island
Lake Pupuke
Mahurangi West
Manukau Harbour
Motutapu Island
Mt Wellington Quarry (Winstones)
Muriwai
North Auckland
North Shore City
North Waiwera
Pakiri
Rangitoto Island
Rodney
Silverdale
Takapuna Beach
Torbay
Waiake Beach
Waikowhai Bay
Wainui
Waitakere Ranges
Waiwera
Wellsford
Whangaparaoa

Latitude: 36°40'17"S
Longitude: 174°44'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.671388888889,174.74083333333

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	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Aragonite	Argyrodite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Braunite
Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite
Diaspore	Feldspar	Germanite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Iron	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite
Mica	Mordenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Polybasite	Prehnite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Ramsdellite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sapphirine	Sartorite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stibnite	Stilbite	Tetrahedrite	Thomsonite	Tridymite	Wollastonite	Woodwardite

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 Cl Cr Cu Fe Ge H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Argyrodite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Braunite
Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Cristobalite
Diaspore Feldspar Germanite Gypsum Halotrichite Iron Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite
Mica Mordenite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Polybasite Prehnite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Ramsdellite Rocksalt Rutile Sapphirine Sartorite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Spinel Stibnite Stilbite Tetrahedrite Thomsonite Tridymite Wollastonite Woodwardite

86 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Aguilarite ()*	Albite ()*
Analcime ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Argyrodite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bementite ()*	Birnessite ()*
Bornite ()*	Braunite ()*	Bustamite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cervantite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cristobalite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dufrénoysite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Germanite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kermesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Motukoreaite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Nsutite ()*
Offretite ()*	Opal ()*	Pearceite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*
Saponite ()*	Scolecite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stellerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Tridymite ()*
Tschernichite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	3	87329,87331,87332	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	0		133
Aguilarite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₄SeS	3	87329,87331,87332	87
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	87347	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	17	87325,87326,87327,87342,87345,87349,87352,87359,87361,87363,87364,87365,87367,87372,87374,87376,87377	1627
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	87356	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	4	87338,87352,87354,87367	3250
Argyrodite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈GeS₆	3	87329,87331,87332	62
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	87329,87331,87332	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	4	87338,87339,87345,87347	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3	87330,87335,87350	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	13	87325,87326,87327,87339,87342,87352,87354,87359,87361,87365,87372,87376,87377	11547
Bementite ()*	Clay	Mn₇Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈	0		173
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	0		178
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	87330,87335	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	0		483
Bustamite ()*	Wollastonite	Mn₂Ca₂MnCa(Si₃O₉)₂	0		101
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	22	87324,87325,87326,87330,87339,87342,87345,87349,87352,87353,87360,87361,87363,87365,87366,87367,87368,87370,87372,87374,87376,87377	27770
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	1	87329	352
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	2	87330,87335	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	87330	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	87329,87330,87331,87332	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	2	87329,87331	1382
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	87338,87339	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	87350	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	87333	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	87335	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	0		1008
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4	87329,87330,87335,87336	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	87367	453
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	0		599
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		327
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	87335	2970
Dufrénoysite ()*	Sartorite	Pb₂As₂S₅	1	87330	34
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	2	87338,87339	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	3	87338,87339,87347	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	87329,87330,87331,87332	24243
Germanite ()*	Germanite Sphalerite	Cu₁₃Fe₂Ge₂S₁₆	1	87329	33
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	87335,87339	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	87329,87332	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	5	87335,87338,87342,87354,87377	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	87335	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	10	87329,87330,87338,87339,87342,87347,87361,87365,87367,87377	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	2	87338,87339	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	87338,87339,87347	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	2	87339,87347	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	87329,87331	5591
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	1	87329	230
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	7	87338,87339,87347,87367,87368,87372,87376	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	87330,87335,87336	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5	87329,87331,87332,87335,87367	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	87335	915
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	1	87363	405
Motukoreaite ()*	Woodwardite	Mg₆Al₃(OH)₁₈[Na(H₂O)₆](SO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	87324	5
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	87331	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	6	87345,87365,87367,87370,87372,87374	1236
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	3	87329,87331,87332	192
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	87347	884
Nsutite ()*	Ramsdellite	Mn²⁺_xMn⁴⁺_1-xO_2-2x(OH)_2x	0		121
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	3	87364,87366,87368	146
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	87338,87354	2994
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	1	87329	249
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	3	87329,87331,87332	716
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	87330	1898
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	3	87329,87331,87332	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	3	87329,87331,87332	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	13	87326,87327,87329,87330,87331,87332,87359,87360,87367,87368,87372,87376,87377	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	87335	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	87331	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	87324,87329,87330,87335,87338,87367	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	3	87329,87331,87332	712
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	87347	375
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	87338,87339	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	87377	598
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	87327	301
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	87376	390
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	11	87325,87326,87327,87342,87349,87359,87360,87367,87368,87376,87377	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	3	87329,87331,87332	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	87329,87330,87331,87332	21482
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	87368	189
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	87329,87332	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3	87329,87331,87332	5317
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	87360	452
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	87367	458
Tschernichite ()*	None	CaAl₂Si₆O₁₆·8H₂O	2	87364,87368	7

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070337	Browns Island (Motukorea), Auckland Region, New Zealand	https://rruff.info/R070337

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