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Aranga Quarry (Stone's Quarry; Hood Road Quarry), Aranga, Kaipara, Northland, North Island, New Zealand

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Calcite : CaCO3, Thomsonite-Ca : NaCa2[Al5Si5O20] · 6H2O, Chabazite-Ca : (Ca,K2,Na2)2[Al2Si4O12]2 · 12H2O

Aranga Quarry (Stone's Quarry; Hood Road Quarry), Aranga, Kaipara, Northland, North Island, New Zealand

Calcite and pale green thomsonite on chabazite - a very common association at this site. Width of view approximately 10mm. Evan Chugg photo and collection.
Photo ID: 61599    View Count: 274

Calcite : CaCO3

Aranga Quarry (Stone's Quarry; Hood Road Quarry), Aranga, Kaipara, Northland, North Island, New Zealand

Calcite from Aranga Quarry, Northland, NZ. Magnified 20x. Matrix is Chabazite on basalt.
Collector CF Johnson.
 © CF JohnsonPhoto ID: 96608    View Count: 160

Calcite : CaCO3, Thomsonite-Ca : NaCa2[Al5Si5O20] · 6H2O

Aranga Quarry (Stone's Quarry; Hood Road Quarry), Aranga, Kaipara, Northland, North Island, New Zealand

Prismatic calcite crystals overgrown with rosettes of thomsonite-Ca
Collection and photograph of Rod Martin. FOV = ~7 mm.
Photo ID: 74837    View Count: 152

Calcite (Var: Ferroan Calcite) : (Ca,Fe)CO3, Okenite : CaSi2O5·2H2O

Aranga Quarry (Stone's Quarry; Hood Road Quarry), Aranga, Kaipara, Northland, North Island, New Zealand

Nice calcites to 8mm in association with white Okenite, Self collected
 © VIc CloetePhoto ID: 57870    View Count: 532

Cavansite : Ca(VO)Si4O10·4H2O, Okenite : CaSi2O5·2H2O

Aranga Quarry (Stone's Quarry; Hood Road Quarry), Aranga, Kaipara, Northland, North Island, New Zealand

Collection and photograph of Rod Martin.
FOV = ~3.5 mm.
Photo ID: 74838    View Count: 223

Cavansite : Ca(VO)Si4O10·4H2O, Okenite : CaSi2O5·2H2O, Chabazite-Ca : (Ca,K2,Na2)2[Al2Si4O12]2 · 12H2O

Aranga Quarry (Stone's Quarry; Hood Road Quarry), Aranga, Kaipara, Northland, North Island, New Zealand

From Aranga quarry, blue cavansite and white okenite with a background of coated chabazite. Collected by Mathew Singleton. Field of view: 3.7mm.
 © Judy RowePhoto ID: 188705    View Count: 109

Cavansite : Ca(VO)Si4O10·4H2O, Chabazite-Ca : (Ca,K2,Na2)2[Al2Si4O12]2 · 12H2O

Aranga Quarry (Stone's Quarry; Hood Road Quarry), Aranga, Kaipara, Northland, North Island, New Zealand

Tiny blue clusters of cavansite sprinkled over blocky chabazite crystals within a vugh from the Aranga quarry. Field of view: 4.5mm.
 © Judy RowePhoto ID: 196507    View Count: 40

Cavansite : Ca(VO)Si4O10·4H2O, Chabazite-Ca : (Ca,K2,Na2)2[Al2Si4O12]2 · 12H2O, Thomsonite

Aranga Quarry (Stone's Quarry; Hood Road Quarry), Aranga, Kaipara, Northland, North Island, New Zealand

Bright blue cavansite on blocky chabazite-Ca crystals with some whitish thomsonite aggregates. Field of view: 9mm.
 © Judy RowePhoto ID: 265679    View Count: 13

Cowlesite : CaAl2Si3O10·6H2O

Aranga Quarry (Stone's Quarry; Hood Road Quarry), Aranga, Kaipara, Northland, North Island, New Zealand

Cowlesite ball obtained in trade from Evan Chugg. Doug Merson photo and collection.
 © DM 06Photo ID: 48350    View Count: 272

Cowlesite : CaAl2Si3O10·6H2O, Copper : Cu

Aranga Quarry (Stone's Quarry; Hood Road Quarry), Aranga, Kaipara, Northland, North Island, New Zealand

A copper wire among Aranga cowlesite clusters bearing its own tiny tuft of cowlesite. Field of view: 1mm.
 © Judy RowePhoto ID: 189192    View Count: 79
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