Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Taranaki Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 15502
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15502.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Taranaki Region, New Zealand": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Mokoia Meteorite
New Plymouth District
South Taranaki District
Stratford District

Latitude: 39°27'33"S
Longitude: 174°14'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -39.459166666667,174.23333333333

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	Auricupride	Baryte	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Garnet	Iron	Kaolinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite
Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Spinel	Taranakite
Titanite	Tourmaline	Tridymite	Wavellite	Wollastonite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Awaruite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Cerium ()*	Copper ()*	Dawsonite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fayalite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Oldhamite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Perovskite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Saponite ()*	Schorl ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Spinel ()*
Taenite ()*	Taranakite ()*	Titanite ()*	Troilite ()*	Vashegyite ()*
Wavellite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	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 B C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Sr Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C H Na O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Auricupride Baryte Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Garnet Iron Kaolinite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite
Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Spinel Taranakite
Titanite Tourmaline Tridymite Wavellite Wollastonite Zircon

48 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	1	88130	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	88125	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	88131	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	88122	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	88125	1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	88122	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	88125,88131	2060
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	1	88122	166
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	88125,88136	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	88136	1252
Cerium ()*	None	Ce	1	88131	2
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	88122	3846
Dawsonite ()*	None	NaAl(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		90
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	3	88122,88125,88131	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	88136	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	88122	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	88130	8173
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	88122	371
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	88122	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	88125	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	4	88122,88130,88131,88132	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	88122	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	88125	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	88125	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5	88122,88125,88130,88131,88132	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	88125,88130	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	88122	884
Oldhamite ()*	Rocksalt	CaS	1	88122	58
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	88122	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	88122	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	88122	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	88125,88136	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	88122	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	88125,88130,88131,88136	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	88130	5614
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	88122	301
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	88130	2705
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	88122	374
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	1	88122	444
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	88122	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	88122	703
Taranakite ()*	Taranakite	K₃Al₅(PO₃OH)₆(PO₄)₂·18H₂O	1	88126	57
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	88125,88130	4899
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	88122	1044
Vashegyite ()*	None	Al₁₁(PO₄)₉(OH)₆·38H₂O	1	88126	28
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	88126	374
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	88122	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	88130	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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