Dry Weather Road Locality, Glenhope, Tasman Region, New Zealandi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Dry Weather Road Locality | - not defined - |
| Glenhope | - not defined - |
| Tasman Region | Region |
| New Zealand | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 38' 53'' South , 172° 39' 5'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
KΓΆppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Tapawera | 432 (2011) | 30.8km |
| Murchison | 624 (2011) | 31.3km |
| Wakefield | 1,663 (2011) | 43.1km |
| Brightwater | 1,677 (2011) | 48.6km |
| Mapua | 1,819 (2011) | 57.9km |
Mindat Locality ID:
258242
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:258242:2
GUID (UUID V4):
88f9d6c3-9d75-4954-a453-02a8a8b5e92a
The Nelson Regional Museum states vivianite in the area was used as pigment by Maori's.
Mindat map shows Glenhope, which is little more than a historic railway station, and a couple of houses.
Local collectors state the location is off a side road, near the Hope Saddle, east of Glenhope. The description given may not match the appearance of photographs of specimens on Mindat.
Phosphate nodules are found in a sticky clay bank. It is said the site is exhausted of material. The nodules are described as 'rusty lumps', when opened showing a white interior of vesuvianite (probably vivianite which is known to darken when exposed), which after a short time exposed to air turns a brilliant blue colour. One specimen is described being attached to lignite.
The phosphate nodules can be peeled to reveal other species at a microscopic level. These include cacoxenite as minute rare acicular golden yellow, yellow-brown, yellow-reddish crystals, showing as radial tufted aggregates, or fibrous crusts. Collinsite as white to light brown short prismatic crystals, or thin tabular crystals, often in bundles and radiating sheaf-like aggregates, some double terminated. Johnsite (?) as nut-brown, purple-brown, and yellow well developed prismatic striated crystals. Laueite as honey-brown, yellow-orange, transparent to translucent, wedge shaped crystals, diamorphous with strunzite. Pseudolaueite, orange-yellow, vitreous, prismatic or thick tabular crystals. Rockbridgeite as light to dark red-brown, deep red, or shining black translucent to near opaque thick tabular or wedge shaped crystals. Stewartite as yellow-brown, transparent to translucent minute crystals associated with rockbridgeite, meta-strengite, and other un-named secondary phosphate minerals. Strunzite as straw yellow to brown-yellow divergent tuffs, as a 'felt' coating of tiny hairs, or lath like crystals, with the appearance of straw coloured zeolite balls.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| β Cacoxenite Formula: Fe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12 · 75H2O |
| β Collinsite Formula: Ca2Mg(PO4)2 · 2H2O |
| β Ferrostrunzite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 · 6H2O References: |
| β Laueite Formula: Mn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 · 8H2O |
| β Phosphosiderite Formula: FePO4 · 2H2O |
| β Pseudolaueite Formula: Mn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 · 8H2O |
| β Rockbridgeite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+4(PO4)3(OH)5 |
| β Stewartite Formula: Mn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 · 8H2O |
| β Vivianite Formula: Fe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2 · 8H2O |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | Rockbridgeite | 8.BC.10 | Fe2+Fe3+4(PO4)3(OH)5 |
| β | Phosphosiderite | 8.CD.05 | FePO4 Β· 2H2O |
| β | Vivianite | 8.CE.40 | Fe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2 Β· 8H2O |
| β | Collinsite | 8.CG.05 | Ca2Mg(PO4)2 Β· 2H2O |
| β | Ferrostrunzite | 8.DC.25 | Fe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 Β· 6H2O |
| β | Laueite | 8.DC.30 | Mn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 Β· 8H2O |
| β | Pseudolaueite | 8.DC.30 | Mn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 Β· 8H2O |
| β | Stewartite | 8.DC.30 | Mn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 Β· 8H2O |
| β | Cacoxenite | 8.DC.40 | Fe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12 Β· 75H2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | β Cacoxenite | Fe243+AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12 · 75H2O |
| H | β Collinsite | Ca2Mg(PO4)2 · 2H2O |
| H | β Ferrostrunzite | Fe2+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)2 · 6H2O |
| H | β Laueite | Mn2+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)2 · 8H2O |
| H | β Phosphosiderite | FePO4 · 2H2O |
| H | β Pseudolaueite | Mn2+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)2 · 8H2O |
| H | β Rockbridgeite | Fe2+Fe43+(PO4)3(OH)5 |
| H | β Stewartite | Mn2+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)2 · 8H2O |
| H | β Vivianite | Fe2+Fe22+(PO4)2 · 8H2O |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | β Cacoxenite | Fe243+AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12 · 75H2O |
| O | β Collinsite | Ca2Mg(PO4)2 · 2H2O |
| O | β Ferrostrunzite | Fe2+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)2 · 6H2O |
| O | β Laueite | Mn2+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)2 · 8H2O |
| O | β Phosphosiderite | FePO4 · 2H2O |
| O | β Pseudolaueite | Mn2+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)2 · 8H2O |
| O | β Rockbridgeite | Fe2+Fe43+(PO4)3(OH)5 |
| O | β Stewartite | Mn2+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)2 · 8H2O |
| O | β Vivianite | Fe2+Fe22+(PO4)2 · 8H2O |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | β Collinsite | Ca2Mg(PO4)2 · 2H2O |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | β Cacoxenite | Fe243+AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12 · 75H2O |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | β Cacoxenite | Fe243+AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12 · 75H2O |
| P | β Collinsite | Ca2Mg(PO4)2 · 2H2O |
| P | β Ferrostrunzite | Fe2+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)2 · 6H2O |
| P | β Laueite | Mn2+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)2 · 8H2O |
| P | β Phosphosiderite | FePO4 · 2H2O |
| P | β Pseudolaueite | Mn2+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)2 · 8H2O |
| P | β Rockbridgeite | Fe2+Fe43+(PO4)3(OH)5 |
| P | β Stewartite | Mn2+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)2 · 8H2O |
| P | β Vivianite | Fe2+Fe22+(PO4)2 · 8H2O |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | β Collinsite | Ca2Mg(PO4)2 · 2H2O |
| Mn | Manganese | |
| Mn | β Laueite | Mn2+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)2 · 8H2O |
| Mn | β Pseudolaueite | Mn2+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)2 · 8H2O |
| Mn | β Stewartite | Mn2+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)2 · 8H2O |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | β Cacoxenite | Fe243+AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12 · 75H2O |
| Fe | β Ferrostrunzite | Fe2+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)2 · 6H2O |
| Fe | β Laueite | Mn2+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)2 · 8H2O |
| Fe | β Phosphosiderite | FePO4 · 2H2O |
| Fe | β Pseudolaueite | Mn2+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)2 · 8H2O |
| Fe | β Rockbridgeite | Fe2+Fe43+(PO4)3(OH)5 |
| Fe | β Stewartite | Mn2+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)2 · 8H2O |
| Fe | β Vivianite | Fe2+Fe22+(PO4)2 · 8H2O |
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Dry Weather Road Locality, Glenhope, Tasman Region, New Zealand