Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Mount Ngongotaha, Rotorua District, Bay Of Plenty Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 298395
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-298395.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Ngongotaha, Rotorua District, Bay Of Plenty Region, New Zealand": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hendersons Quarry

Latitude: 38°5'46"S
Longitude: 176°12'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -38.096111111111,176.20888888889

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	Clay	Corundum	Cristobalite	Feldspar	Marcasite	Mica	Milarite	None	Olivine
Pseudobrookite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite

Albite ()*	Augite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Edenite ()*	Fayalite ()*
Ferro-edenite ()*	Fluoro-edenite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Mullite ()*	Osumilite-(Mg) ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Richterite ()*	Titanite ()*	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 F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Clay Corundum Cristobalite Feldspar Marcasite Mica Milarite None Olivine
Pseudobrookite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Titanite Tridymite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	87390	8803
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	87390	2060
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	87390	453
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	87390	160
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	87390	371
Ferro-edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Fe²⁺₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	87390	57
Fluoro-edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂F₂	1	87390	27
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	87390	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	87390	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	87390	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	87390	5674
Mullite ()*	None	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1	87390	78
Osumilite-(Mg) ()*	Milarite	KMg₂Al₃(Al₂Si₁₀)O₃₀	1	87390	42
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	87390	2273
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	1	87390	164
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	87390	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	87390	61156
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	87390	148
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	87390	4899
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	87390	458

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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