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:
Rangitata Valley, Ashburton District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand

mindat Locality ID: 281999
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281999.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rangitata Valley, Ashburton District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Stew Point Station

Latitude: 43°43'"S
Longitude: 171°4'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -43.716666666667,171.08277777778

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	Mica	Mordenite	Natrolite	None	Quartz

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 Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Mica Mordenite Natrolite None Quartz

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Epistilbite ()*	Ferroceladonite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scolecite ()*	Siderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	87426	27770
Epistilbite ()*	Mordenite	Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O	1	87426	138
Ferroceladonite ()*	Mica	KFe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	87426	10
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	1	87426	405
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	87426	61156
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	87426	390
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	87426	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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