Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Watsons Beach, Clutha District, Otago Region, New Zealand


mindat Locality ID: 7079
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7079.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Watsons Beach, Clutha District, Otago Region, New Zealand": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°9'47"S
Longitude: 170°9'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -46.163055555556,170.15166666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteCalciteClayGarnetNonePrehniteQuartzRhodoniteSerpentine
Stilpnomelane

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caryopilite  (*)Coombsite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Kutnohorite  (*)Parsettensite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Caryopilite  (*)Clay SerpentineMn2+3Si2O5(OH)4083
Coombsite  (*)NoneKMn2+13(Si,Al)18O42(OH)1403
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)20234
Parsettensite  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Na,Ca)7.5(Mn,Mg)49Si72O168(OH)50·nH2O043
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)0969
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)301214


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...