Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Manawatu-Wanganui Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 254868
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254868.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Manawatu-Wanganui Region, New Zealand": 29
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Horowhenua District
Manawatu District
Palmerston North District
Rangitikei District
Ruapehu District
Stratford District
Tararua District
Wanganui District

Latitude: 39°50'41"S
Longitude: 175°20'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -39.844722222222,175.3375

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.

Allophane	Alum	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Arcanite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Carnallite
Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite	Cyanotrichite	Feldspar	Gypsum
Hydrotalcite	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Phosphophyllite	Picromerite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Wollastonite

Allophane ()*	Alunite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Ammoniojarosite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Brugnatellite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Carnallite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Connellite ()*
Copper ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dioptase ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Koktaite ()*	Langite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mascagnite ()*	Mendozite ()*	Mohrite ()*	Opal ()*
Phosphophyllite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stichtite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tschermigite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg N Na O P S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alum Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Arcanite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Carnallite
Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Connellite Copper Corundum Covellite Cristobalite Cyanotrichite Feldspar Gypsum
Hydrotalcite Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Phosphophyllite Picromerite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Wollastonite

50 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1	87557	470
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	87554,87558	966
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	2	87554,87558	272
Ammoniojarosite ()*	Alunite	(NH₄)Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	87558	30
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	2	87554,87558	1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	2	87552,87556	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	87556,87558	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	87567	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	87567	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	87567	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	87567	1633
Brugnatellite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺(CO₃)(OH)₁₃·4H₂O	1	87567	32
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	87567	27770
Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₂·2H₂O	1	87567	88
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	1	87555	132
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	87567	5707
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	1	87567	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	87567	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	87567	3531
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1	87567	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	87567	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	87552	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	87567	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	2	87556,87558	453
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	87558	327
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	87567	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	87556	4135
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	1	87567	164
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	87546	1188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	87558	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	87546,87567	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	87556	5433
Koktaite ()*	None	(NH₄)₂Ca(SO₄)₂·H₂O	1	87558	12
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	87567	593
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	87546,87556,87558	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	87567	12537
Mascagnite ()*	Arcanite	(NH₄)₂(SO₄)	1	87558	61
Mendozite ()*	None	NaAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O	1	87558	28
Mohrite ()*	Picromerite	(NH₄)₂Fe²⁺(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	87558	18
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	87546,87558	2994
Phosphophyllite ()*	Phosphophyllite	Zn₂Fe²⁺(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	87567	29
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	1	87567	309
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	87558,87567	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	87567	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	87556	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	87567	21482
Stichtite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Cr₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	1	87567	43
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	3	87546,87558,87560	2045
Tschermigite ()*	Alum	(NH₄)Al(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	87558	81
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	87556	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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