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Plagioclase from
Acheron River, Coalgate, Selwyn District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand


Locality type:River
Classification
Species:'Plagioclase' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Plagioclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Acheron River, Coalgate, Selwyn District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1369253
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1369253:7
GUID (UUID V4):d4b01f97-3489-41da-88f3-0bbf3c0049c0
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NEW ZEALAND DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH NEW ZEALAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 125th ANNIVERSARY...1865 -1990 NEW ZEALAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 104 ISSN 0077-9628 Minerals of New Zealand by G. L....initials should be G.T., not G.L. Lower Hutt, New Zealand 1990 I I Beach sand, alluvium, • terrace...Figure 1. Simplified geological sketch-map of New Zealand. 0 20 40 60 80 100 KM l INTRODUCTION It...Morgan's "Minerals and Mineral Substances of New Zealand" was published, as NZ. Geological Survey bulletin
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4 o Xonotlite and rodingites from Wairere, New Zealand J. P. O ' B R I E N and K. A. R O D G E R S Department...Department of Geology, University of Auckland, New Zealand SUMMARY. Xenoliths of eucritic gabbros in an...type locality in the upper reaches of the Roding River, Nelson. Lauder (I965, p. 485) redefined rodingite...subophitic relationships have been recognized. The plagioclase in specimens near the contact has been albitized...(Ans_ls) giving the rock a dioritic character. Plagioclase laths are often fractured and bent and both prehnitization
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work. II. PHYSIOGRAPHY. (a) The Acheron "Valley. (6) The Mountain Region. III. GENERAL GEOLOGY. (a) Silurian...a geographical barrier between the Acheron and the Goulburn River valleys. The township of Marysville...situated near the head of the Steavenson River, a tributary of the Acheron, and overshadowed on the east and...south by the mountains in which the streams of the Acheron system rise. The geographical extent of the mountain...north Mt. Torbreck (4,300 feet). Although the district is one of strong relief, good exposures are by
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1994), there is a large-scale zonation from plagioclase peridotite below, spinel peridotite at intermediate...dyke rocks include biotite, cordierite, zoned plagioclase (An80–An38), and quartz. Ilmenite, apatite and...inclusions in cordierite. Crystals of cordierite and plagioclase have euhedral to subhedral shapes. Some of the...the thicker dykes, the biotite, cordierite and plagioclase display a common preferred orientation that defines...Å), graphite monochromator, step-scan in the 2 region 10–70° in 0.025° 2 steps. The main diffraction-peaks
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