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Locality Name:
Wellington Region, New Zealand


mindat Locality ID: 15588
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15588.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wellington Region, New Zealand": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Balaena Bay
Makara
Porirua
Red Rocks
Terawhiti
Upper Hutt
Wairarapa
Whangaimoana
Zealandia Wildlife Sanctuary (Karori Wildlife Sanctuary)

Latitude: 41°15'11"S
Longitude: 174°57'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.253055555556,174.96638888889
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Au B C Ca Cd Cr Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Ni O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAnalcimeAragoniteBrauniteCalciteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeGadolinite
GypsumIronMicaNatroliteNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzSmectite-vermiculiteSpinel
TitaniteWurtzite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)Braunite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Celadonite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Datolite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Enstatite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)Magnetite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Saponite  (*)Taenite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O288526,885301627
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1885303250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61885302060
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)188528483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)288530,8853127770
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)2188526309
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41885253902
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1885302600
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)188526498
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21885309895
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6188525944
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)288525,885307437
Gold  (*)CopperAu288520,8853530554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS188530717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1885336890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3288528,8853014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31885305433
Iron  (*)IronFe1885251089
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418852514899
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1885301236
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1885302994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2388517,88530,8853139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2588517,88520,88528,88530,8853161156
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O188530301
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)188525703
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1885304899
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1885251044


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