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:
Pikikiruna Range, Tasman Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 15471
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15471.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pikikiruna Range, Tasman Region, New Zealand": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Holyoake Valley
Kairuru Marble Quarry
Rameka Creek
Riwaka Complex
Riwaka Valley

Latitude: 40°59'20"S
Longitude: 172°56'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -40.988888888889,172.94944444444

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.

Andalusite	Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Chloritoid	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Garnet	Nickeline	None
Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Scheelite	Spinel	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*	Augite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Chloritoid ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Grossular ()*	Magnetite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Stolzite ()*	Titanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
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 Be C Ca Cl F Fe H Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti W

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Apatite Beryl Calcite Chloritoid Clinozoisite Epidote Garnet Nickeline None
Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Scheelite Spinel Titanite Vesuvianite Wollastonite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	0		1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	88206	1534
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	88206	2060
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	88206	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	88204	27770
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	0		376
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	88204,88206	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	88204,88206	8173
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	88206	1544
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	88206	14899
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	88204	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	88204,88206	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	88206	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	88204	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	88204	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	88206	4894
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)	1	88206	156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	88204,88206	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	88204	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	2	88204,88206	1247
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	88206	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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