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South Island, New Zealand

Chrystalls Beach, Otago, South Island, New Zealand

Photo: Michael Hirst

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

Mineral List

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

Acanthite
Actinolite
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'
'Apophyllite'
Aragonite
Ardennite-(As)
Arfvedsonite
Arsenolite
Arsenopyrite
Artinite
Aspidolite
Atacamite
Augite
Autunite
Awaruite (TL)
Axinite-(Fe)
Axinite-(Mn)
Azurite
Babingtonite
Baotite
Barićite
Barroisite
Baryte
Becquerelite
Beidellite
Berthierine
Beryl
'Biotite'
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bobierrite
Böhmite
Bornite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Braggite
Braunite
Brochantite
Brookite
Brucite
Calcite
var: Manganoan Calcite
Cancrinite
Caryopilite
Cassiterite
Celadonite
Cerussite
'Chabazite'
Chabazite-Ca
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite

Chalcopyrite
Chamosite
Cherepanovite
'Chlorite Group'
Chloritoid
Chromite
Chrysocolla
Chrysotile
Cinnabar
Claudetite
Clinochlore
var: Chromian Clinochlore
var: Delessite
'Clinoptilolite'
Clinoptilolite-Ca
Clinozoisite
Coffinite
'Columbite'
Connellite
Coombsite (TL)
Cooperite
Copper
Cordierite
Corrensite
Corundum
var: Ruby
var: Sapphire
Covellite
Cowlesite
Cristobalite
'Crossite'
Cubanite
Cummingtonite
Cuprite
Cuspidine
Cyanotrichite
Cymrite
'Dachiardite'
Diopside
var: Chromian Diopside
Dioptase
Dolomite
var: Ferroan Dolomite
Dumortierite
Edenite
Emplectite
Enstatite
var: Bronzite
Epidote
Epistilbite
'Erionite'
Erionite-Ca
Erionite-K
'Feldspar Group'
'Ferganite'
'Ferro-Actinolite-Tremolite Series
var: Nephrite'
Ferro-aluminoceladonite (TL)
Ferroceladonite (TL)
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Gahnite
Galena
'Garnet'
Gersdorffite
Gismondine-Ca
Glauconite
'Gmelinite'
Goethite
Gold
Gonnardite
'Goodletite'
Graphite
Grossular
'Gummite'
Gypsum
Harmotome

'Hectorite (of Cox)'
Hedenbergite
Hematite
Hercynite
var: Chrompicotite
var: Picotite
'Heulandite'
'Hornblende'
Hübnerite
Huttonite (TL)
'Hyalophane'
Hydromagnesite
Illite
Ilmenite
Iridium
var: Osmiridium
Isoferroplatinum
Kaersutite
Kaolinite
'K Feldspar
var: Adularia'
Kobeite-(Y)
Kutnohorite
Kyanite
var: Chrome-Kyanite
Langite
Laumontite
'Lévyne'
'Limonite'
Lizardite
Magnesio-arfvedsonite
Magnesio-hornblende
Magnesio-riebeckite
Magnesite
var: Ferroan Magnesite
Magnetite
var: Titaniferous Magnetite
Malachite
'Manganese Oxides'
Marcasite
Margarite
Mcguinnessite
Mesolite
Meta-autunite
Metatorbernite
Microcline
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Mordenite
Muscovite
var: Barian Muscovite
var: Fuchsite
Natrolite
Nepheline
Nontronite
Norsethite
Offretite
'Olivine'
Opal
var: Opal-AN
Osmium
var: Iridosmine
Pargasite
Parsettensite
Pentlandite
'Phengite'
'Phillipsite'
Phillipsite-K
Phlogopite
Piemontite
Platinum
Prehnite
'Psilomelane'
'Pumpellyite'
Pumpellyite-(Mn2+)
Pyrite
var: Bravoite
'Pyrobitumen
var: Thucholite'
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrope
Pyroxmangite
Pyrrhotite

Pyrrhotite
var: Nickeloan Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Agate
var: Amethyst
var: Chalcedony
var: Jasper
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Rhönite
Riebeckite
Rutheniridosmine
Rutherfordine
Rutile
var: Niobian Rutile
Saléeite
Sanidine
'Scapolite'
Scheelite
Schoepite
Scolecite
Scorodite
'Serpentine Group'
Siderite
var: Mg-rich Siderite
Sklodowskite
Sodalite
Sperrylite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spinel
var: Pleonaste
Stibnite
Stichtite
'Stilbite'
Stilpnomelane
Stolzite
Strontianite
var: Emmonite
Strunzite
Sulphur
Taenite (TL)
Talc
Taranakite
Tetrahedrite
'Thomsonite'
Thomsonite-Ca
Thorite
Tinzenite
Titanite
Todorokite
Topaz
Torbernite
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Tridymite
Tschermakite
Tyuyamunite
Uraninite
Uranophane
Valentinite
Vesuvianite
Violarite
Vivianite
Vuagnatite
'Wad'
Wairauite (TL)
'Wolframite'
Wollastonite
Wulfenite
'Xenotime'
Xonotlite
Yugawaralite
'Zaratite'
Zeolite Group
Zircon
var: Cyrtolite
Zoisite
var: Thulite

308 entries listed. 229 valid minerals. 8 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

New Zealand

South Island
- Anatoki Valley
- Aorangi
  - Mt Somers
  - Pareora gorge
- Arahura Valley
  - Olderog Creek
- Aviemore
- Buller River
  - Hawks Crag breccia
- Buller Valley
- Canterbury
  - Ashburton River
  - Banks peninsula
    - Okains Bay
    - Steep Head
  - Coalgate
  - Lyttelton
  - Meyers Pass
  - Oaro
  - Pahau River
  - Rakaia Gorge
  - Rangitata Valley
    - Stew Point Station
- Cascade River
- Cass Peak
- Champion Creek
- Champion Mine
- Clutha-Central Otago
  - Alexandra
  - Central Otago
  - Clinton
  - Cromwell
    - Nevis Valley
  - Glenorchy
  - Macetown
    - Shotover
  - Milford Sound
  - Queenstown
    - Moke Creek
  - Waitahuna
- Cobb Valley
- Collingwood
  - Collingwood District
- Falls Creek
- Fiordland National Park
  - Doubtful Sound
  - Preservation Inlet
  - Routeburn Valley
- Forbes Range
- Gorge river
- Greenvale District
- Grey Valley
  - Snowy River
- Hawkdun Range
- Hindon
  - Mt Stoker (Hindon Antimony Mine) Deposit
- Hokonui Hills
- Hope River
- Howard Valley
  - Maud Creek
- Humboldt Range
- Hurunui District
  - Culverden
    - Mandamus intrusive complex
- Lake Pukaki
  - Ben Ohau range
- Livingstone Range
- Lord Range
- Malvern Hills
- Marlborough
  - Endeavor Inlet
  - Kaikoura peninsula
  - Middlehurst Station
  - Muzzle Station (Clarence River)
  - Upcot Station
  - Wakamarina mine
- Mikonui River
- Mount Alford
- Mount Greenland
- Mt Cook
  - Mt Vampire
  - Sealy range
  - Whataroa river
- Nelson
  - Aniseed Valley
    - Champion Copper Mine
  - Aorangi Mine
  - Calphurnia Creek
  - Canaan
    - Mount Evans
    - Mount Pisgah
  - Collingwood
    - Johnston United Mine
  - Contact Creek
  - Dun Mountain
  - East Nelson
    - Little Ben Chromite Mine
  - Eliot Creek
  - Golden Blocks
  - Graham Valley
  - Holyoake Valley
  - Howard River
  - Lee Valley
  - Northwest Nelson
  - Parapara
    - Richmond Flat
  - Pikikiruna Range
    - Rameka Creek
  - Richmond Hill
    - Parapara River
  - Roaring Lion area
    - Cobra
  - Springs Junction
    - Mt Baldy
  - Takaka
    - Copperstain Creek
    - Wainui Inlet
  - Thomson Hill
- Nelson Bays
  - Collingwood
    - Mt Burnett
  - D'Urville Island
  - Riwaka complex
  - Riwaka Valley
  - Takaka Valley
    - Asbestos Creek prospect
- New River
- North Range

New Zealand

South Island
- Onamalutu Valley
- Onawe peninsula
- Otago
  - Arrow River (Arrow Valley)
    - Manganese occurrences
  - Central Otago
    - Bannockburn
      - Buchan's Lode
    - Danseys Pass
  - Chrystalls Beach
  - Dunedin
    - Akatore Creek
    - Blackhead Quarry
    - Leith Valley Quarry
    - Palmerston
      - Macraes Flat
        Frasers Mine
        Macraes Mine (Round Hill Mine)
  - Dunedin District
    - Pulling Point
  - East Otago
    - Barewood Reefs
  - Kakanui
    - Kakanui North & South Heads
    - Slatey Creek
  - Maerewhenua
    - Round Hill
  - Moeraki Point
  - Nevis River
  - North Otago
  - Northwest Otago
  - Oamaru
    - Alma Mineral Breccia
    - Old Mill Road Quarry (Dog Pound Quarry)
  - Otago peninsula
    - Portobello
      - Pudding Island
    - Sandfly Bay
  - Port Chalmers
  - Queenstown
    - Arrow Junction Quarry
  - Ram Rock Quarry
  - Red Mountain (Big Red Hill)
  - Rise and Shine mine
  - Shotover River
  - Watsons Beach
- Parapara
  - Ironstone Creek
- Pepin Island
- Pikikiruna Range
- Red Hills
- Rimu
  - Back Creek
- Southern Alps
  - Callery Valley
  - Whataroa River
- Southland
  - Browns
    - Browns Lime Quarry
  - Dusky Sound
  - Fiordland
  - Gore
    - Waikaia Valley
      - Freshford
  - Greenhills
    - Dunite quarry
  - Invercargill City
    - Bluff Island
  - Lake Monowai
  - Longwood Range peridotite outcrops
  - Mataura River
  - Mossburn
  - Orepuki
    - Round Hill
  - Riverton
    - Howells Point
  - Ruahine
  - Southland District
    - Catlins Coast
    - Waikawa
  - Stewart Island
  - Takitimu Range
  - Waimumu
- Stockton
  - Stockton Mine
    - Cypress Mine
- Taringatura Range
- Teremakau and Mikonui Rivers area
- Victoria Range
- Waihi
- Wairau Valley
  - Red Hill
- Waitahuna Heights
- Wangapeka District
- West Coast (Westland)
  - Burke River
    - Cowan Creek
    - Twirligig
  - Charleston
  - Glenhope
  - Greymouth
    - Pike River mine
  - Griffin Range
  - Haast Valley
    - Gout Creek
  - Hokitika
    - Ross Mine (Birchfield-Ross)
    - Te Aroha Station
  - Karamea
    - Mount Radiant
  - Karamea Bend
  - Okuru River
    - Whirligig Torrent
  - Perth River
  - Reefton
  - South Westland
    - Haast River
    - Paringa River
      - Weheka-Paringa Road bridge area
    - Salt Water Creek
      - Gillespie's Beach
  - Waimangaroa
    - Britannia Stream
  - Westland National Park
    - Franz Josef-Fox glacier
  - Whitcombe Valley
- Whangamoa
- Wilmot Pass

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