Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wairere Serp Quarry, Piopio, Waitomo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 15252
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15252.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wairere Serp Quarry, Piopio, Waitomo District, Waikato Region, New Zealand": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°32'40"S
Longitude: 175°0'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -38.544444444444,175.01638888889

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.

Aragonite	Brucite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	None
Pectolite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Serpentine	Spinel	Titanite

Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Brucite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pectolite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosenhahnite ()*	Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*
Xonotlite ()*

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 Cr Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Brucite Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Garnet None
Pectolite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Serpentine Spinel Titanite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rosenhahnite ()*	None	Ca₃Si₃O₈(OH)₂	8
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂	109

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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