Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Kermadec Islands, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 190314
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-190314.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kermadec Islands, New Zealand": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Brother Volcano
Clark Volcano
Curtis Island
Macauley Island
Monowai Complex Volcano
Raoul Island

Latitude: 31°12'7"S
Longitude: 0°-8'-26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.201944444444,-0.14055555555556

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.

Aluminite	Alunite	Amorphous	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Corrensite	Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite	Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Heulandite
Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite	Sulphur	Tamarugite	Titanite	Tridymite	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Aluminite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bayerite ()*	Birnessite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinoptilolite-Na ()*	Corrensite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cristobalite ()*
Diaspore ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halloysite-7Å ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Opal ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Saponite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tamarugite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aluminite Alunite Amorphous Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Corrensite Corundum Covellite Cristobalite Diaspore Enargite Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Heulandite
Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite Sulphur Tamarugite Titanite Tridymite Wurtzite

45 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	87533	8803
Aluminite ()*	Aluminite	Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₄·7H₂O	1	87535	78
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	87535	966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	87533	2162
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	3	87533,87534,87535	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	87534	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	87533	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	87533,87534,87537	11547
Bayerite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	87538	15
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	1	87533	178
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	87533	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	87534	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	87533	309
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	87534	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	87533	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	87533	27198
Clinoptilolite-Na ()*	Heulandite	Na₆(Si₃₀Al₆)O₇₂·20H₂O	1	87533	24
Corrensite ()*	Corrensite Clay	(Ca,Na,K)_1-x(Mg,Fe,Al)₉(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₁₀·nH₂O	1	87533	49
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	87533	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	2	87533,87535	453
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	87535	481
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	87533	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	87533	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	87533	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	87535	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	87533	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	87534,87536	6890
Halloysite-7Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	87535	52
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	87533,87535,87536	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	87533	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	87533,87535,87536	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	87533	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	87536	1508
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	3	87533,87535,87536	128
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	87533	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	87533,87534,87535,87537	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	87533,87534	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	87533,87535	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	87537	712
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	87533	301
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	87533	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	4	87533,87534,87535,87537	2045
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	87533	87
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	87533	4899
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	87536	458

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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