Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Invercargill City, Southland Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 283255
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283255.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Invercargill City, Southland Region, New Zealand": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bluff
Greenhills
Ruapuke Island Group

Latitude: 46°38'19"S
Longitude: 168°23'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -46.638611111111,168.39916666667

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Hydrotalcite	Mica	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Prehnite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Diopside ()*	Edenite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Gold ()*	Gonnardite ()*
Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pargasite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Stichtite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Tschermakite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Au B C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Hydrotalcite Mica Natrolite None Not in a structural group Perovskite Prehnite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Talc Titanite Tourmaline

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	88025,88030	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	88030	8803
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	2	88030,88037	1036
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	88034	718
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	88034	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	3	88025,88026,88030	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	88025,88027,88030,88034,88036,88038	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	88038	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	88030,88037	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	88030,88034	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2	88030,88037	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	88025,88026,88034,88036	1025
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	88025	327
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4	88025,88030,88034,88037	4135
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	2	88030,88037	160
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	2	88030,88037	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	5	88025,88026,88028,88030,88035	8173
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	88027	504
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	88034	30554
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	88027	167
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	88025	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	88027	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	88030	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	88025,88030,88038	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	2	88028,88038	1271
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	2	88030,88037	238
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	88034	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	88030,88037,88040	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	88036	4924
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2	88030,88037	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	88036	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	88036	2349
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	2	88030,88037	313
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	88025	495
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	88026,88030,88037	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	88025,88028,88038	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	88025,88035,88036,88038,88040	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	88025	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	88036	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	88038	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	88036	1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	88036	1214
Stichtite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Cr₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	1	88033	43
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	88034	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4	88025,88030,88033,88040	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	88030,88034	2562
Tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	2	88030,88037	73
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	88025	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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