Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Tapuaeharuru Bay, Lake Taupo, Taupo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 213017
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213017.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tapuaeharuru Bay, Lake Taupo, Taupo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°43'41"S
Longitude: 176°1'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -38.728055555556,176.02527777778

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.

Clay	Corundum	Cristobalite	Mica	None	Olivine	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 Fe H K Mg O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H K Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Corundum Cristobalite Mica None Olivine Tridymite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Cristobalite ()*	Fayalite ()*	Hematite ()*	Mullite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Tridymite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	453
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	371
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Mullite ()*	None	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)	78
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	458

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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