Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Lake Pupuke, Auckland Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 280646
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280646.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lake Pupuke, Auckland Region, New Zealand": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Smales Quarry
Thorne Bay Lava Flows

Latitude: 36°46'57"S
Longitude: 174°46'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.7825,174.76694444444

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	Iron	None	Olivine
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel

Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hercynite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Magnetite ()*	Opal ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cr Fe H Mg O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Aragonite Baryte Calcite Corundum Diaspore Gypsum Iron None Olivine
Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	87338	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	87338,87339	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	87339	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	87339	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	87338,87339	3902
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	2	87338,87339	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2	87338,87339	1188
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	87339	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	87338	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	87338,87339	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	2	87338,87339	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	87338,87339	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	87339	1089
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	87338,87339	14899
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	87338	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	87338	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	87338,87339	5614

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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