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:
Volcano Road Quarry, Red Hill, Wairarapa, Wellington Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 299455
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-299455.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Volcano Road Quarry, Red Hill, Wairarapa, Wellington Region, New Zealand": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°4'18"S
Longitude: 175°56'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.071666666667,175.94111111111

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	Analcime	Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Natrolite	None	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Titanite	Wurtzite

Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Saponite ()*
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 C Ca Cd Fe H Hg Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cd Fe H Hg Mg Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Aragonite Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Natrolite None Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Titanite Wurtzite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	301
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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