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:
Atiamuri, Taupo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 284034
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-284034.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Atiamuri, Taupo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ongaroto Road

Latitude: 38°23'45"S
Longitude: 176°0'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -38.395833333333,176.00638888889

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.

Amorphous	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Mica	Milarite	Mordenite	None	Olivine	Pyroxene
Quartz	Spinel	Tridymite

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 Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Clay Corundum Feldspar Mica Milarite Mordenite None Olivine Pyroxene
Quartz Spinel Tridymite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Augite ()*	Fayalite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mordenite ()*
Mullite ()*	Opal ()*	Osumilite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sanidine ()*	Tridymite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	88318	2060
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	88318	371
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	88318	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	88318	14899
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	1	88318	405
Mullite ()*	None	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1	88318	78
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	88318	2994
Osumilite ()*	Milarite	KFe₂(Al₅Si₁₀)O₃₀	1	88318	15
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	88318	2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	88318	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	88318	598
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	88318	458

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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