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:
Whangaparaoa, Auckland Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 255044
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255044.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Whangaparaoa, Auckland Region, New Zealand": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Army Bay
Stanmore Bay

Latitude: 36°36'37"S
Longitude: 174°46'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.610277777778,174.78

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	Corundum	Feldspar	Gypsum	Natrolite	None	Pyrite	Spinel

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:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Baryte Calcite Corundum Feldspar Gypsum Natrolite None Pyrite Spinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Analcime ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sanidine ()*	Scolecite ()*	Siderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2	87376,87377	1627
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	87376,87377	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	87376,87377	27770
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	87377	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	87377	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	87376	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	87376,87377	39462
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	87377	598
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	87376	390
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	87376,87377	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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