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Locality Name:
Red Hill, Wairarapa, Wellington Region, New Zealand


mindat Locality ID: 299616
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-299616.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Red Hill, Wairarapa, Wellington Region, New Zealand": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Volcano Road Quarry

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

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAnalcimeAragoniteCalciteClayCorundumDiasporeNatroliteNonePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzSmectite-vermiculiteTitaniteWurtzite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Saponite  (*)
Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1885301627
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1885303250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61885302060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18853027770
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1885302600
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21885309895
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1885307437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS188530717
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318853014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31885305433
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1885301236
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1885302994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218853039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218853061156
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O188530301
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1885304899



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