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:
Poihipi Road, Taupo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 294496
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-294496.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Poihipi Road, Taupo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Airstrip Section
K Trig Basalt
Roadcut Section
Scarp Section

Latitude: 38°35'18"S
Longitude: 175°57'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -38.588333333333,175.95222222222

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.

Clay	Corundum	Cristobalite	Feldspar	Mica	Natrolite	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	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 Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Corundum Cristobalite Feldspar Mica Natrolite None Olivine Pyroxene Spinel
Tridymite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Cristobalite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Fayalite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Sanidine ()*	Tridymite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	4	88334,88335,88336,88337	453
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	88335	944
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	88335	371
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	88335,88336,88337	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	88335,88337	14899
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	88335	1236
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	88335	2273
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	88336,88337	598
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	2	88335,88337	458

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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