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Locality Name:
Arapohue, Kaipara District, Northland Region, New Zealand


mindat Locality ID: 283112
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283112.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arapohue, Kaipara District, Northland Region, New Zealand": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Todd's Quarry

Latitude: 36°'37"S
Longitude: 173°59'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.010277777778,173.99

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Mg Na O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeBaryteCalciteFeldsparNatroliteNoneOlivinePyritePyroxeneSpinel
SulphurTridymiteTurquoise

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Enstatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Gonnardite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Nepheline  (*)Planerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Spinel  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1876358803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1876351627
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)18763511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18763527770
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61876354135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6187635944
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1876351188
Gonnardite  (*)Natrolite(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O187635167
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418763514899
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1876351236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)187635884
Planerite  (*)TurquoiseAl6(PO4)2(PO3OH)2(OH)8·4H2O18763543
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218763539462
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41876351934
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1876352045



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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