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References:
- Railton, G.L. & Watters, W.A., Minerals of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey Bull. #104 (1990).
- Kear, D., ed. (1989): Mineral deposits of New Zealand. AusIMM Monograph 13, 225 pp.
- AusIMM (2003): Monograph 4 & 13 - Economic Geology of New Zealand and Mineral Deposits of New Zealand. AusIMM Monograph, 784 pp. (CD only). [CD reissue of Kear (1989)]
- Christie, A. B. and Brathwaite, R. L., eds. (2006): Geology and exploration of New Zealand mineral deposits. AusIMM Monograph 25, 353 pp.





Map Reference: 36°2'S , 173°58'E

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


Mineral List:
  • Acanthite
  • Actinolite
       var: Nephrite
  • Aegirine
  • Aenigmatite
  • Afwillite
  • Aguilarite
  • Aikinite
  • Akaganeite
  • Akatoreite (TL)
  • Alabandite
  • Albite
       var: Andesine
       var: Oligoclase
  • 'Albite-Anorthite Series'
  • Algodonite
  • 'Allanite'
  • Allanite-(Ce)
  • Allanite-(La)
  • Allophane
  • Almandine
  • Altaite
  • Alunite
  • Alunogen
  • 'Amphibole Group'
       var: Uralite
  • Analcime
  • Anapaite
  • Anatase
  • Andalusite
  • Andradite
  • Anglesite
  • Anhydrite
  • Ankerite
  • Annabergite
  • Anorthite
  • Anorthoclase
  • Anthophyllite
  • Antigorite
  • Antlerite
  • 'Apatite'
  • Apatite-(CaCl)
  • Apatite-(CaF)
       var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaF)
  • 'Apophyllite'
  • Aragonite
  • Ardennite-(As)
  • Arfvedsonite
  • Argyrodite
  • Arsenic
  • Arsenolite
  • Arsenopyrite
  • Aspidolite
  • Atacamite
  • Augite
  • Autunite
  • Awaruite (TL)
  • 'Axinite'
  • Axinite-(Fe)
  • Axinite-(Mn)
  • Azurite
  • Babingtonite
  • Bakerite
  • Baotite
  • Barbertonite
  • Barićite
  • Barroisite
  • Baryte
  • Bayerite
  • Beaverite
  • Becquerelite
  • Beidellite
  • Bementite
  • Berthierine
  • Beryl
  • Biotite
  • Birnessite
  • Bismuth
  • Bismuthinite
  • Bobierrite
  • Böhmite
  • Bornite
  • Bournonite
  • Braggite
  • Braunite
  • Brochantite
  • Bromargyrite
  • Brookite
  • Brucite
  • Brugnatellite
  • Buddingtonite
  • Burbankite ?
  • Bustamite
  • Calcite
       var: Ferroan Calcite
       var: Manganoan Calcite
  • Cancrinite
  • Carbonatecyanotrichite
  • Carnallite
  • Cassiterite
  • Cavansite
  • Cebollite
  • Celadonite
  • Celestine
  • Cerianite-(Ce)
  • Cerussite
  • 'Chabazite'
  • Chabazite-Ca
  • Chabazite-Na
  • Chalcanthite
  • 'Chalcedony
    var: Agate'
       'var: Petrified Wood'
       'var: Quartzine'
  • Chalcocite
  • Chalcophyllite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Chalcostibite
  • Chamosite
  • Cherepanovite
  • Chlorargyrite
  • 'Chlorite Group'
  • Chloritoid
  • Chromite
  • Chrysocolla
  • Chrysotile
  • Cinnabar
  • Clinochlore
       var: Delessite
       var: Pennine
  • 'Clinoptilolite'
  • Clinozoisite
  • Cobaltite
  • Coffinite
  • Coloradoite
  • Columbite
  • Connellite
  • Coombsite (TL)
  • Cooperite
  • 'Copalite
    var: Agathacopalite'
  • Copper
  • Cordierite
  • Corrensite
  • Corundum
       var: Ruby
       var: Sapphire
  • Cotunnite
  • Covellite
  • Cowlesite
  • Cristobalite
  • Crossite
  • Cryptomelane
  • Cubanite
  • Cummingtonite
  • Cuprite
  • Cuspidine
  • Cymrite
  • 'Dachiardite'
  • Datolite
  • Dawsonite
  • Devilline
  • Diaspore
  • Dickite
  • Digenite
  • Diopside
  • Dioptase
  • Dolomite
       var: Ferroan Dolomite
  • Domeykite
  • Dravite
  • Dufrénoysite
  • Dumortierite
  • Dundasite
  • Edenite
  • Enstatite
       var: Bronzite
  • Epidote
  • Epistilbite
  • Epsomite
  • 'Erionite'
  • Erionite-K
  • Fayalite
  • Ferro-aluminoceladonite (TL)
  • Ferroceladonite (TL)
  • Ferro-edenite
  • Ferrosilite
  • Feruvite (TL)
  • Fluorite
  • Forsterite
  • Gahnite
  • Galena
  • 'Garnet Group'
  • Gehlenite
  • Gersdorffite
  • Gismondine
  • Glaucodot
  • Glauconite
  • Gobbinsite
  • Goethite
  • Gold
       var: Electrum
  • Gonnardite
  • 'Goodletite'
  • Graphite
  • Greenockite
  • Grossular
  • Gypsum
  • Halite
  • Halloysite
  • Harmotome
  • Hawleyite
  • 'Hectorite (of Cox)'
  • Hedenbergite
  • Hematite
  • Hercynite
    var: Chrompicotite
  • Hessite
  • 'Heulandite'
  • 'Hornblende'
  • Huttonite (TL)
  • Hyalophane
  • 'Hydrogrossular'
  • Hypersthene
  • Illite
  • Ilmenite
  • Ilvaite
  • Inesite
  • Iridium
    var: Osmiridium
  • Iron
    var: Kamacite
  • Isoferroplatinum
  • Jarosite
  • Kaersutite
  • Kaolinite
  • Kilchoanite
  • Kobeite-(Y)
  • Ktenasite
  • Kutnohorite
  • Kyanite
    var: Chrome-Kyanite
  • Langite
  • Lanthanite-(Nd)
  • Larnite
  • Laumontite
  • Lepidocrocite
  • Leucoxene
  • 'Lévyne'
  • Limonite
  • Linarite
  • Livingstonite
  • Lizardite
  • Maghemite
  • Magnesio-arfvedsonite
  • Magnesiohornblende
  • Magnesioriebeckite
  • Magnesite
       var: Ferroan Magnesite
  • Magnetite
       var: Titaniferous Magnetite
  • Malachite
  • Manganite
  • Marcasite
  • Margarite
  • Maskelynite
  • Massicot
  • Mcguinnessite
  • Melanterite
  • Meta-alunogen
  • Metavoltine
  • Microcline
  • Mimetite
  • Minium
  • Mogánite
  • Molybdenite
  • 'Monazite'
  • Montmorillonite
  • Mordenite
  • Motukoreaite (TL)
  • Mullite
  • Muscovite
       var: Barian Muscovite
       var: Fuchsite
  • Nagyágite
  • Narsarsukite
  • Natrolite
  • Naumannite
  • Nepheline
  • Norsethite
  • Natroalunite
  • Okenite
  • 'Olivine'
  • Opal
       var: Opal-AN
  • Orpiment
  • Orthoclase
       var: Adularia
  • Osarizawaite
  • Osmium
    var: Iridosmine
  • Osumilite
  • Pargasite
  • Parsettensite
  • Pectolite
  • Pentlandite
  • Petzite
  • Pharmacosiderite
  • Phengite
  • 'Phillipsite'
  • Phillipsite-K
  • Phlogopite
  • Piemontite
  • Pigeonite
  • Planerite
  • Platinum
  • Polybasite
  • Posnjakite
  • Prehnite
  • Proustite
  • Pseudobrookite
  • 'Psilomelane'
  • 'Pumpellyite'
  • Pumpellyite-(Mn2+)
  • Pyrargyrite
  • Pyrite
       var: Bravoite
  • Pyrolusite
  • Pyromorphite
  • Pyrope
  • Pyrrhotite
       var: Nickeloan Pyrrhotite
  • Quartz
       var: Amethyst
       var: Jasper
  • Rankinite
  • Realgar
  • Rhodochrosite
  • Rhodonite
  • Rhönite
  • Richterite
  • Riebeckite
  • Roméite ?
       var: Lewisite ?
  • Rosenhahnite
  • Rosickýite
  • Rutheniridosmine
  • Rutile
       var: Niobian Rutile
  • Sanidine
  • Scawtite
  • Scheelite
  • Scolecite
  • Serpierite
  • Siderite
       var: Mg-rich Siderite
  • Silver
  • 'Smectite Group'
  • Smithsonite
  • Sperrylite
  • Spessartine
  • Sphalerite
  • Spinel
       var: Pleonaste
  • Spurrite
  • Stibnite
  • Stichtite
  • 'Stilbite'
  • Stilpnomelane
  • Strontianite
    var: Emmonite
  • Sulphur
  • Sylvite
  • Taenite (TL)
  • Talc
  • Taranakite (TL)
  • Tellurium
  • Tennantite
  • 'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
  • Tenorite
  • Teschemacherite
  • Tetradymite
  • Tetrahedrite
  • 'Thomsonite'
  • Thomsonite-Ca
  • Thorite
  • Tinzenite
  • Titanite
  • Tobermorite
  • Topaz
  • 'Tourmaline'
  • Tremolite
  • Tridymite
  • Troilite
  • Tschermakite
  • Tuhualite (TL)
  • Valentinite
  • Vesuvianite
  • Violarite
  • Vivianite
  • Vuagnatite
  • 'Wad'
  • Wairakite (TL)
  • Wairauite (TL)
  • Wolframite
  • Wollastonite
  • Wulfenite
  • Xonotlite
  • Yugawaralite
  • Zaratite
  • Zircon
  • Zoisite


    404 entries listed. 322 valid minerals. 13 type localities (valid minerals).

    Localities in this Region:
    New Zealand
     
        • Franklin
          • Otaua
          • Lake Pupuke
          • Wainui
          • Wellsford
          • Mt. Ngongotaha
      • Hauraki
        • Waikato
        • Hastings
          • Waimarama
        • Lake Waikaremoana
      • Manawatu-Wanganui
        • Tararua
          • Maharahara
        • Tongariro National Park
      • Maratoto Valley
          • Cape Brett
          • Karikari Peninsula
          • Okaihau
          • Aranga
          • Arapohue
          • Dargaville
        • Parakao
      • Parapara
      • Taupo
        • Atiamuri
      • Te Aroha
          • Paeroa
        • Matamata-Piako
        • Piopio
          • Colville
          • Waiomu
      • Wairakei
        • Pahaoa River
      • Wairoa
        • Te Kuiti
      • Buller River
    New Zealand
     
    • South Island
      • Canterbury
        • 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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