Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Curtis Island, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 190316
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-190316.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Curtis Island, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°32'32"S
Longitude: 178°33'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.542222222222,-178.56083333333

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	Clay	Corundum	Cristobalite	Diaspore	Kaolinite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Sulphur

Aluminite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Diaspore ()*
Gibbsite ()*	Halloysite-7Å ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Natroalunite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 K Na O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aluminite Alunite Clay Corundum Cristobalite Diaspore Kaolinite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Sulphur

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aluminite ()*	Aluminite	Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₄·7H₂O	78
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	453
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	481
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	504
Halloysite-7Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	52
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	128
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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