Victoria Range, Reefton, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealandi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Victoria Range | Mountain Range |
| Reefton | Town |
| Buller District | District |
| West Coast Region | Region |
| New Zealand | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
42° 8' South , 172° 7' East
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GAHNITE and columbite occur as accessory phases in the Desolation Row alkali-feldspar granite, a 4 km2 pluton in the Victoria Range, SE Nelson, New Zealand. The Desolation Row pluton is the most highly evolved of a suite of post-tectonic(Cretaceous?) granitoid rocks which intrude middle-upper Palaeozoic granitoid rocks in the Victoria Range segment (Tulloch, 1979) of the Karamea Batholith (Grindley, 1978). An average mode comprises: quartz 34.2%, microcline 21.6%, albite(An1-3) 34.4%, muscovite 8.7%, garnet 1.2%. Albite and muscovite form tabular subhedral to euhedral crystals except where they are in contact with microcline (which is coarsely perthitic and generally interstitial). Euhedral garnet (Spess63 Alm33 PY3 Gross2) is interpreted as a primary magmatic phase. (Tulloch, 1981)
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Andradite Formula: Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3 |
| ⓘ 'Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series' |
| ⓘ Gahnite Formula: ZnAl2O4 |
| ⓘ Magnetite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
| ⓘ 'Monazite Group' Formula: REE(PO4) |
| ⓘ Muscovite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ Zircon Formula: Zr(SiO4) |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Gahnite | 4.BB.05 | ZnAl2O4 |
| ⓘ | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Andradite | 9.AD.25 | Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3 |
| ⓘ | Zircon | 9.AD.30 | Zr(SiO4) |
| ⓘ | Muscovite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Monazite Group' | - | REE(PO4) |
| ⓘ | 'Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Andradite | Ca3Fe23+(SiO4)3 |
| O | ⓘ Gahnite | ZnAl2O4 |
| O | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| O | ⓘ Monazite Group | REE(PO4) |
| O | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
| O | ⓘ Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series | |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Gahnite | ZnAl2O4 |
| Al | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Andradite | Ca3Fe23+(SiO4)3 |
| Si | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | ⓘ Monazite Group | REE(PO4) |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Andradite | Ca3Fe23+(SiO4)3 |
| Mn | Manganese | |
| Mn | ⓘ Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series | |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Andradite | Ca3Fe23+(SiO4)3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| Fe | ⓘ Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series | |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Gahnite | ZnAl2O4 |
| Zr | Zirconium | |
| Zr | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
| Nb | Niobium | |
| Nb | ⓘ Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series | |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
- Buller TerraneAccretionary Complex
New Zealand
- South IslandIsland
- Southern AlpsMountain Range
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Victoria Range, Reefton, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand