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:
Moeraki Point, Waitaki District, Otago Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 2442
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2442.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moeraki Point, Waitaki District, Otago Region, New Zealand": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°21'27"S
Longitude: 170°51'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -45.3575,170.86138888889

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.

Analcime	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Erionite	Harmotome	None	Pyrite	Smectite-vermiculite

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 Ba C Ca Fe H K Na O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Baryte Calcite Clay Erionite Harmotome None Pyrite Smectite-vermiculite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Analcime ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Erionite-Ca ()*	Erionite-K ()*
Nontronite ()*	Phillipsite-K ()*	Pyrite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Erionite-Ca ()*	Erionite	Ca₅[Si₂₆Al₁₀O₇₂]·30H₂O	31
Erionite-K ()*	Erionite	K₁₀[Si₂₆Al₁₀O₇₂]·30H₂O	22
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	471
Phillipsite-K ()*	Harmotome	K₆(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	71
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060836	Moeraki Point, Waitaki District, Otago Region, New Zealand	https://rruff.info/R060836

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