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Locality Name:
Bay Of Plenty Region, New Zealand


mindat Locality ID: 15349
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15349.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bay Of Plenty Region, New Zealand": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Calypso Vent Field
Kawerau District
Mayor Island (Tuhua)
Opotiki District
Rotorua District
Western Bay Of Plenty District
Whakatane District
White Island (Whakaari)

Latitude: 37°48'51"S
Longitude: 176°43'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.814166666667,176.71833333333

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg N Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlumAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcanthiteClay
ClinozoisiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCristobaliteEpidoteFeldsparGypsumHalotrichiteKaolinite
MarcasiteMelanteriteMicaMilariteMordeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivineOrpiment
PseudobrookitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSapphirineSphaleriteSpinelStibniteSulphur
TamarugiteTitaniteTridymiteZircon

71 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Aenigmatite  (*)Akaganeite  (*)Albite  (*)Alunite  (*)
Alunogen  (*)Anatase  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arfvedsonite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)
Edenite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fayalite  (*)Ferro-edenite  (*)
Fluoro-edenite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kalinite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Mercury  (*)Meta-alunogen  (*)Mirabilite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Mullite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Narsarsukite  (*)Natroalunite  (*)Opal  (*)Orpiment  (*)
Osumilite-(Mg)  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pseudobrookite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Richterite  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Sanidine  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tamarugite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Tschermigite  (*)Tuhualite  (*)Wairakite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6487382,87383,87384,873851022
Aenigmatite  (*)SapphirineNa4[Fe2+10Ti2]O4[Si12O36]487382,87383,87384,87385133
Akaganeite  (*)Coronadite(Fe3+,Ni2+)8(OH,O)16Cl1.25·nH2O18740463
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)387381,87390,873958803
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6487381,87393,87395,87404966
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O287393,87404272
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21873802162
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)387379,87381,874041588
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1873921036
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1873813250
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2387383,87384,87385295
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6487383,87384,87385,873902060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)387379,87380,8739511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)387381,87395,8740227770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O187404925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1873792600
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1873811025
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2687381,87384,87390,87392,87395,87404453
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2487383,87384,87385,87391327
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2187390160
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6187392944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)287381,873958173
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)287385,87390371
Ferro-edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Fe2+5(Si7Al)O22(OH)218739057
Fluoro-edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22F218739027
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18739524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu387395,87401,8740230554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O387395,87396,874046890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O187404409
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6387383,87384,87385741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3487390,87392,87393,8740414640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3287385,873905433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6287395,874042228
Kalinite  (*)NoneKAl(SO4)2·11H2O18739354
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4287393,873955591
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1873951271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4387385,87390,8739214899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21873905674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O187393915
Mercury  (*)NoneHg287379,87395397
Meta-alunogen  (*)NoneAl2(SO4)3·14H2O1873938
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O187393223
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O287382,87395405
Mullite  (*)NoneAl4+2xSi2-2xO10-x (x ≈ 0.4)18739078
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)218738117380
Narsarsukite  (*)NoneNa2(Ti,Fe3+)Si4(O,F)11487382,87383,87384,8738534
Natroalunite  (*)AluniteNaAl3(SO4)2(OH)6287395,87404128
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O887379,87383,87384,87385,87388,87392,87393,873952994
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3287379,87395511
Osumilite-(Mg)  (*)MilariteKMg2Al3(Al2Si10)O3018739042
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21873902273
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O5187390164
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2487379,87390,87395,8740239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81873959056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21287379,87381,87382,87383,87384,87385,87390,87393,87395,87401,87402,8740461156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS187379712
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)2187390148
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2487382,87383,87384,87385375
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)387382,87385,87392598
Silver  (*)CopperAg1873955186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS287381,8739521482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3287379,873953418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS687379,87381,87393,87395,87396,874042045
Tamarugite  (*)TamarugiteNaAl(SO4)2·6H2O18739387
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O387382,87390,873954899
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2487381,87390,87392,87404458
Tschermigite  (*)Alum(NH4)Al(SO4)2·12H2O18739381
Tuhualite  (*)NoneNaFe2+Fe3+Si6O15487382,87383,87384,873856
Wairakite  (*)AnalcimeCa(Si4Al2)O12·2H2O287381,8739573
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)287385,873925251



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