Kakanui North & South Heads, Kakanui, Otago, South Island, New Zealand

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Volcanic breccia, occurring in areas of limited extent at the extremities of Kakanui North and South Heads. The breccia contains large (up to fist-size) xenocrysts of pyrope, kaersutite and augite, as well peridotitic and eclogitic xenoliths to several cms in diameter.

References:
- Mason, B. (1968): Eclogitic Xenoliths from Volcanic Breccia at Kakanui, New Zealand). Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 19, 316-327.
- Railton, G.L. & Watters, W.A., Minerals of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey Bull. #104 (1990).

Map Reference: 45°11'S , 170°54'E

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Mineral List:

Anorthoclase
Augite
Calcite
'Chlorite Group'
Diopside
var: Chromian Diopside

Enstatite
var: Bronzite
Hercynite
var: Picotite
Ilmenite
Kaersutite
'Olivine'

Pyrope
Spinel
var: Pleonaste
'Zeolite Group'

13 entries listed. 6 valid minerals.

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