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Locality Name:
Canterbury Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 15580
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15580.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Canterbury Region, New Zealand": 95
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 70

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Ashburton District
Christchurch City
Hurunui District
Kaikoura District
Mackenzie District
Selwyn District
Timaru District
Waimakariri District
Waimate District
Waitaki District

Latitude: 43°43'4"S
Longitude: 171°35'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -43.717777777778,171.59638888889

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Axinite	Baryte	Braunite	Calcite
Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Cristobalite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Garnet
Gypsum	Harmotome	Heulandite	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Mica	Mordenite	Natrolite	None
Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pumpellyite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Titanite	Tridymite

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 As Au B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sn Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Arsenopyrite Axinite Baryte Braunite Calcite
Chabazite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum Cristobalite Diaspore Feldspar Garnet
Gypsum Harmotome Heulandite Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Malachite Mica Mordenite Natrolite None
Not in a structural group Prehnite Pumpellyite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite Spinel Stilpnomelane Titanite Tridymite

62 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*
Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beidellite ()*
Berthierine ()*	Böhmite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinoptilolite-Ca ()*
Cowlesite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epistilbite ()*	Ferroceladonite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Harmotome ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nontronite ()*
Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phillipsite-K ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pumpellyite-(Mn²⁺) ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*	Scolecite ()*	Siderite ()*
Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Titanite ()*	Todorokite ()*
Tridymite ()*	Xonotlite ()*

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	87496	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4	87481,87482,87483,87501	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	87413,87480	2353
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2	87436,87441	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	87437	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	12	87448,87451,87452,87453,87481,87482,87483,87486,87487,87488,87490,87491	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	87431,87436	3250
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	87428,87432,87434	295
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	6	87448,87481,87483,87488,87490,87491	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	87428	2060
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	2	87469,87499	260
Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Mn²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	2	87496,87501	88
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	87482	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	87430,87462	11547
Beidellite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2	87455,87462	85
Berthierine ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	1	87501	59
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	1	87440	195
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	87469	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	23	87424,87426,87429,87430,87436,87441,87448,87451,87452,87453,87457,87462,87480,87481,87482,87483,87486,87487,87488,87490,87491,87503,87504	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	87418	5171
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	1	87436	310
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	11	87451,87452,87453,87481,87482,87483,87484,87485,87488,87490,87491	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	87501	577
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2	87413,87469	1756
Clinoptilolite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	Ca₃(Si₃₀Al₆)O₇₂·20H₂O	1	87480	33
Cowlesite ()*	None	Ca(Al₂Si₃)O₁₀·5-6H₂O	1	87436	84
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	87430	453
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	87436,87444	9895
Epistilbite ()*	Mordenite	Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O	1	87426	138
Ferroceladonite ()*	Mica	KFe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	87426	10
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	87452	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	87480	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	10	87448,87451,87452,87453,87481,87483,87485,87489,87490,87491	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	87445,87499	6890
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	87441	290
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	87496	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	87462	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	8	87415,87420,87421,87424,87448,87451,87452,87462	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	87435	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	87481,87482,87483,87491	12537
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	87462	1508
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	2	87426,87480	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	87462,87496,87501	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	87441	1236
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	87441	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	87480,87503	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	87435	2349
Phillipsite-K ()*	Harmotome	K₆(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	87441	71
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	87453,87496,87501	1898
Pumpellyite-(Mn²⁺) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂Mn²⁺Al₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	87501	15
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	19	87421,87424,87436,87448,87451,87452,87453,87462,87481,87482,87483,87484,87485,87486,87487,87488,87489,87490,87491	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	33	87412,87415,87421,87422,87423,87424,87426,87429,87432,87434,87437,87448,87451,87452,87453,87462,87465,87479,87480,87481,87482,87483,87484,87485,87486,87487,87488,87489,87490,87491,87496,87501,87504	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	87434,87435,87437	598
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	87426	390
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	4	87424,87426,87503,87504	6417
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	87501	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	87501	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	87496	456
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	87501	4899
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	87436	433
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	87435	458
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂	1	87457	109

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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