Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Tairua, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 15497
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15497.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tairua, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, New Zealand": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tairua Opal Mine

Latitude: 37°4'10"S
Longitude: 175°48'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.069444444444,175.80833333333

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.

Amorphous	Clay	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	None	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	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: Al Ca Fe H Mg Na O Si Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Clay Diaspore Kaolinite Lepidocrocite None Pyrophyllite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Zircon

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Opal ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	0		481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		651
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	0		581
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0		1508
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	88428	2994
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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