Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bluff, Invercargill City, Southland Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 15352
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15352.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bluff, Invercargill City, Southland Region, New Zealand": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Ocean Beach
Stirling Point
Suir Street Quarry
Tiwai Point

Latitude: 46°35'51"S
Longitude: 168°20'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -46.5975,168.34222222222

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Garnet	Gypsum	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group
Perovskite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*
Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Grossular ()*
Gypsum ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Titanite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Mg Na O S Si Ti

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Garnet Gypsum Natrolite None Not in a structural group
Perovskite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Titanite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	88026	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	88027	27770
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	88026	1025
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		327
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	0		4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	88026,88028	8173
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	88027	504
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	88027	167
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	88027	6890
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	88028	1271
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	0		495
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	88026	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	88028	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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