Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
South Taranaki District, Taranaki Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 300651
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-300651.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Taranaki District, Taranaki Region, New Zealand": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Hawera Iron Sand
Patea
South Taranaki Bight Iron Sand Prospect

Latitude: 39°45'37"S
Longitude: 174°15'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -39.760277777778,174.26527777778

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	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rutile	Spinel	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Anatase ()*	Augite ()*	Cerium ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ce Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Mica None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz
Rutile Spinel Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	88130	3419
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	88131	2162
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	88131	2060
Cerium ()*	None	Ce	1	88131	2
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	88131	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	88130	8173
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	88130,88131,88132	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	88130,88131,88132	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	88130	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	88130,88131	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	88130	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	88130	2705
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	88130	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	88130	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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