Hendersons Quarry, Mt. Ngongotaha, Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand

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Mt. Ngongotaha is a rhyolite dome with high temperature gas phase silicate and oxide minerals present in cavities.

Ref.:
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Mineral List:

Augite
Edenite
Fayalite
Ferro-edenite
Hematite
'Hornblende'

Ilmenite
Magnetite
Mullite
Osumilite
Phlogopite
Pseudobrookite

Quartz
Richterite
Titanite
Tridymite

16 entries listed. 15 valid minerals.

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