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South Island, New Zealand

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Ref.: Railton, G.L. & Watters, W.A., Minerals of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey Bull. #104 (1990).




Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
Acanthite
Actinolite
var: Nephrite
Aegirine
Aenigmatite
Aikinite
Akatoreite (TL)
Alabandite
Albite
var: Andesine
var: Oligoclase
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
Allanite-(La)
Almandine
Analcime
Anapaite
Anatase
Andalusite
Andradite
Anglesite
Ankerite
Annabergite
Anorthite
Anorthoclase
Anthophyllite
Antigorite
Antlerite
'Apatite'
Apatite-(CaF)
'Apophyllite'
Aragonite
Ardennite-(As)
Arfvedsonite
Arsenolite
Arsenopyrite
Aspidolite
Augite
Autunite
Awaruite (TL)
Axinite-(Fe)
Axinite-(Mn)
Azurite
Babingtonite
Baotite
Barićite
Barroisite
Baryte
Becquerelite
Beidellite
Berthierine
Beryl
Biotite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bobierrite
Böhmite
Bornite
Bournonite
Braggite
Braunite
Brochantite
Brookite
Brucite
Burbankite ?
Calcite
Cancrinite
Cassiterite
Celadonite
Cerussite
'Chabazite'
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Chamosite
Cherepanovite
'Chlorite Group'
Chloritoid
Chromite
Chrysocolla
 Chrysotile
Cinnabar
Claudetite
Clinochlore
var: Delessite
Clinozoisite
Coffinite
Columbite
Coombsite (TL)
Cooperite
Copper
Cordierite
Corrensite
Corundum
var: Ruby
var: Sapphire
Covellite
Cristobalite
Crossite
Cubanite
Cummingtonite
Cuprite
Cuspidine
Cymrite
'Dachiardite'
Diopside
var: Chromian Diopside
Dioptase
Dolomite
Dumortierite
Edenite
Enstatite
var: Bronzite
Epidote
Epistilbite
Erionite-K
Ferro-aluminoceladonite (TL)
Ferroceladonite (TL)
Fluorite
Gahnite
Galena
'Garnet Group'
Gersdorffite
Gismondine
Glauconite
Goethite
Gold
Gonnardite
'Goodletite'
Graphite
Gypsum
Harmotome
'Hectorite (of Cox)'
Hedenbergite
Hematite
Hercynite
var: Chrompicotite
var: Picotite
'Heulandite'
Huttonite (TL)
Hyalophane
Illite
Ilmenite
Iridium
var: Osmiridium
Isoferroplatinum
Kaersutite
Kaolinite
Kobeite-(Y)
Kutnohorite
Kyanite
var: Chrome-Kyanite
Limonite
Lizardite
Magnesio-arfvedsonite
Magnesiohornblende
Magnesioriebeckite
Magnesite
var: Ferroan Magnesite
Magnetite
var: Titaniferous Magnetite
Malachite
Marcasite
Margarite
 Mcguinnessite
Microcline
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Muscovite
var: Barian Muscovite
var: Fuchsite
Natrolite
Nepheline
Norsethite
'Olivine'
Opal
var: Opal-AN
Osmium
var: Iridosmine
Pargasite
Parsettensite
Pentlandite
Phengite
'Phillipsite'
Phillipsite-K
Phlogopite
Piemontite
Platinum
Prehnite
'Pumpellyite'
Pumpellyite-(Mn2+)
Pyrite
var: Bravoite
Pyrope
Pyrrhotite
var: Nickeloan Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Rhönite
Riebeckite
Roméite ?
var: Lewisite ?
Rutheniridosmine
Rutile
var: Niobian Rutile
Scheelite
Scolecite
Scorodite
Siderite
var: Mg-rich Siderite
Sperrylite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spinel
var: Pleonaste
Stibnite
Stichtite
'Stilbite'
Stilpnomelane
Strontianite
var: Emmonite
Sulphur
Taenite (TL)
Talc
Taranakite
Thorite
Tinzenite
Titanite
Topaz
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Tridymite
Tschermakite
Valentinite
Vesuvianite
Violarite
Vivianite
Vuagnatite
Wairauite (TL)
Wolframite
Wollastonite
Wulfenite
Xonotlite
Yugawaralite
Zaratite
'Zeolite Group'
Zircon


667 entries listed. 189 valid minerals. 8 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region:
New Zealand
 
  • South Island
    • Buller River
      • Rangitata Valley
      • Cromwell
      • Macetown
      • Queenstown
    • Collingwood
    • Grey Valley
    • Hindon
    • Howard Valley
    • Hurunui District
      • Culverden
    • Lake Pukaki
      • Aniseed Valley
      • Collingwood
      • Parapara
      • Richmond Hill
      • Roaring Lion area
      • Collingwood
        • Bannockburn
      • Oamaru
    • Parapara
    • Rimu
      • Gore
        • Waikaia Valley
      • Greenhills
      • Invercargill City
    • Wairau Valley
      • Burke River
      • Karamea
      • Okuru River
        • Paringa River
        • Salt Water Creek
      • Waimangaroa
      • Westland National Park

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