Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Waimate District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 298530
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-298530.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Waimate District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Aviemore (Waitangi Station; Lake Aviemore)
Waihaorunga

Latitude: 44°38'51"S
Longitude: 170°31'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -44.6475,170.53222222222

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.

Axinite	Chlorite	Clay	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Mica	None	Prehnite	Pumpellyite
Quartz	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Titanite

Albite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Berthierine ()*	Chamosite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Muscovite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pumpellyite-(Mn²⁺) ()*	Quartz ()*
Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 B Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Axinite Chlorite Clay Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Mica None Prehnite Pumpellyite
Quartz Serpentine Sphalerite Titanite

13 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	87501	8803
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	87499	260
Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Mn²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	87501	88
Berthierine ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	1	87501	59
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	87501	577
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	87499	6890
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	87501	17380
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	87501	1898
Pumpellyite-(Mn²⁺) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂Mn²⁺Al₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	87501	15
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	87501	61156
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	87501	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	87501	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	87501	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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