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Hawaii, USA

Kapaa Quarry, Kailua, Oahu Island, Honolulu Co., Hawaii, USA

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A number of basaltic islands created by the passage of the Pacific plate over a mantle hot spot. Eruptions of magma are ongoing.

Mineral List

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

Aegirine
Aenigmatite
'AHF'
Albite
var: Andesine
var: Oligoclase
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Allophane
Analcime
Anorthite
var: Labradorite
'Apatite'
Aphthitalite
Aragonite
Arfvedsonite
Augite
'Biotite'
'var: Barian-Titanian Biotite'
Bornite
Calcite
'Chabazite'
Chabazite-Ca
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Cristobalite
'Diallage'

Diopside
var: Chromian Diopside
Enstatite
Epidote
Epistilbite
Faujasite-Na
'Faujasite Subgroup'
Fayalite
Forsterite
var: Peridot
'Garnet'
Gibbsite
'Gismondine'
Gismondine-Ca
Gonnardite
Gypsum
var: Selenite
Hematite
Hercynite
'Heulandite'
Heulandite-Ca
Hollandite
'Hydronephelite'
'Hypersthene'
Ilmenite
Imogolite
Isocubanite

Kaersutite
Kaliophilite
Kaolinite
'Kauaiite'
'Kennedyite'
'Kerolite'
'K Feldspar'
Kieserite
Laumontite
Magnesio-hastingsite
Magnetite
var: Titaniferous Magnetite
'Melilite'
'Meyersite'
'Mica Group'
Mirabilite
Monetite
Montmorillonite
Mordenite
Natroalunite
Natrolite
Nepheline
Newberyite
Nontronite
'Obsidian'
'Olivine'
Opal

'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
Pargasite
Pentlandite
'Phillipsite'
Phillipsite-Ca (TL)
Phlogopite
'Pumice'
Pyrite
Quartz
var: Milky Quartz
Rhönite
Richterite
Salammoniac
Saponite
Scolecite
Siderite
Sodalite
Spinel
var: Chromspinel
var: Pleonaste
'Stilbite'
Syngenite
Thenardite
Ulvöspinel
Vermiculite
Zircon

106 entries listed. 68 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

Localities in this Region

USA

Hawaii
- Hawaii Co. (Hawaii Island)
- Honolulu Co.

USA

Hawaii
- Honolulu Co.
  - Oahu Island
    - Koolau Range (Koolau caldera)
      - Pali
    - Kuppa quarry
    - Lanakai Hills
    - Mokuleia
      - Dillingham quarry
    - Polynesian Cultural Center area
    - Punchbowl
    - Puuloa Road
      - Lower Salt Lake Tuff
    - Salt Lake Crater (Aliapaakai)
    - Tantalus Craters
    - Ulupau Head
- Kauai Co.
- Maui Co.
  - Kahoolawe
  - Lanai
  - Maui
    - Haleakala Crater
    - Olowalu Valley
    - West Maui
      - Puu Koae
  - Molokai

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References

Gordon Andrew Macdonald, Agatin Townsend Abbott, Frank L. Peterson (1983) Volcanoes in the sea: the geology of Hawaii. 2nd ed 517pp.

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