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:
New Plymouth, New Plymouth District, Taranaki Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 300649
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-300649.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "New Plymouth, New Plymouth District, Taranaki Region, New Zealand": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Devon Well
Sugar Loaf Islands

Latitude: 39°3'35"S
Longitude: 174°2'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -39.059722222222,174.03916666667

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.

Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Spinel	Taranakite	Titanite	Wavellite

Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Taranakite ()*	Titanite ()*	Vashegyite ()*
Wavellite ()*

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 Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Corundum Feldspar Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Spinel Taranakite Titanite Wavellite

16 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	88125	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	88125	1588
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	88125	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	88125	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	88125	4135
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	88125	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	88125	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	88125	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	88125	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	88125	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	88125	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	88125	61156
Taranakite ()*	Taranakite	K₃Al₅(PO₃OH)₆(PO₄)₂·18H₂O	1	88126	57
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	88125	4899
Vashegyite ()*	None	Al₁₁(PO₄)₉(OH)₆·38H₂O	1	88126	28
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	88126	374

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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