Wairauite

Red Hills, Wairau Valley at about 1000 meters altitude

Red Hills, Wairau Valley, Marlborough Region, South Island, New Zealand

Formula:

CoFe

Colour:

Steel-gray

Lustre:

Metallic

Hardness:

5

Name:

Named after its discovery locality, Wairau Valley, South Island, New Zealand.

Type Locality:

ⓘ Red Hills, Wairau Valley, Marlborough Region, South Island, New Zealand

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- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (eg from pseudomorphs.)

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.

Canada
British Columbia New Westminster Mining Division ⓘ Toy Prospect	www.em.gov.bc.ca/cf/minfile/search/search.cfm?minfilno=092HSW136
Nunavut Coppermine River area ⓘ Muskox Intrusion	Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990; Chamberlain, J. A., McLeod, C. R., Traill, R. J., & Lachance, G. R. (1965). Native metals in the Muskox intrusion. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2(3), 188-215.
China
Shaanxi Hanzhong Ningqiang Co. ⓘ Ningqiang meteorite (Ningqiang carbonaceous chondrite)	Xin, H., Eisenhour, D.D., and Buseck, P.R. (1995): Meteoritics 30(1), 106-109.
India
West Bengal Purulia District ⓘ Manbhoom meteorite	Brearley, A.J. & Jones, R.H. (1998) Chondritic Meteorites. In: Planetary Materials, Chapter 3; Papike, J.J.-Ed.: Mineralogical Society of America: Washington, DC, USA. 398 pages.
Italy
Piedmont Torino Province Lanzo Valleys Balangero ⓘ Poggio San Vittore asbestos mine	Prete, R. (1995): L'amiantifera di S. Vittore, Balangero, Torino. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 4/1995, 313-333.
Japan
Ehime ⓘ Nikubuchidani	Ukegawa & Minakawa (2004) Koubutsu-Gakkai Kou'en-Youshi, 138.
Kazakhstan
Pavlodar ⓘ Efremovka meteorite	Krot, A. N., Brearley, A. J., Biryukov, V. V., Ulyanov, A. A., Keil, K., Swindle, T. D. & Mittlefehldt, D. W. (1997). Dark inclusions in the reduced CV3 chondrite Efremovka - Evidence for various degrees of aqueous alteration and thermal metamorphism. Lunar and Planetary Science XXVIII, pdf#1346, 769-770. (March 1997)
New Zealand (TL)
South Island Marlborough Region Wairau Valley ⓘ Red Hills (TL)	Challis, G.A., Long, J.V.P. (1964) Wairauite-a new cobalt-iron mineral. Mineralogical Magazine 33, 942-948.
Russia
Bashkortostan ⓘ Nurali complex (Nurali massif)	F. Zaccarini et al. , The Canadian Mineralogist, Vol. 42, pp. 545-562 (2004).
Orenburg Oblast Aidyrlya River ⓘ Aidyrlya gold deposit	Pavel M. Kartashov data
Serbia
Moravica District Čačak (Caßak; Zazach) Jelica ⓘ Jelica meteorite	Brearley, A.J. & Jones, R.H. (1998) Chondritic Meteorites. In: Planetary Materials, Chapter 3; Papike, J.J.-Ed.: Mineralogical Society of America: Washington, DC, USA. 398 pages.
UK
England Lancashire West Lancashire Wrightington ⓘ Appley Bridge meteorite	Brearley, A.J. & Jones, R.H. (1998) Chondritic Meteorites. In: Planetary Materials, Chapter 3; Papike, J.J.-Ed.: Mineralogical Society of America: Washington, DC, USA. 398 pages.
USA
Oregon Josephine Co. Josephine Creek District ⓘ Josephine Creek placers	www.geo.cornell.edu/geology/faculty/Bird.html; (inclusions in "josephinite" nuggets) Dick, H.J.B. (1974) Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 24, 291-298.