Hawke's Bay Region, New Zealandi
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| Hawke's Bay Region | Region |
| New Zealand | Country |
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Other Languages:
French:
Hawke's Bay, Nouvelle-Zélande
German:
Hawke’s Bay, Neuseeland
Italian:
Hawke's Bay, Nuova Zelanda
Maori:
Heretaunga, Aotearoa
Russian:
Хокс-Бей, Новая Зеландия
Simplified Chinese:
霍克湾大区, 新西兰
Spanish:
Hawke's Bay, Nueva Zelanda
Arabic:
إقليم هاوكس باي, نيوزيلندا
Aragonese:
Rechión d'a Badía de Hawke, Nueva Zelanda
Basque:
Hawke's Bay eskualdea, Zeelanda Berria
Bengali:
হাকেস বে অঞ্চল, নিউজিল্যান্ড
Bulgarian:
Хоукс Бей, Нова Зеландия
Catalan:
Hawke's Bay, Nova Zelanda
Cebuano:
Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Croatian:
Hawke's Bay, Novi Zeland
Czech:
Hawke's Bay, Nový Zéland
Danish:
Hawke's Bay Region, New Zealand
Dutch:
Hawke's Bay, Nieuw-Zeeland
Esperanto:
Hawke's Bay Regiono, Nov-Zelando
Finnish:
Hawke's Bayn maakunta, Uusi-Seelanti
Georgian:
ჰოკს-ბეის რეგიონი, ახალი ზელანდია
Greek:
Xοκ’ς Μπέι, Νέα Ζηλανδία
Gujarati:
હૉક્સ બે પ્રાંત, ન્યૂઝીલેન્ડ
Hebrew:
הוקס ביי, ניו זילנד
Hindi:
हॉक्स बे क्षेत्र, न्यूज़ीलैण्ड
Indonesian:
Wilayah Hawke's Bay, Selandia Baru
Japanese:
ホークス・ベイ, ニュージーランド
Kannada:
ಹಾಕ್ಸ್ ಬೇ ಪ್ರದೇಶ, ನ್ಯೂ ಜೀಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್
Korean:
호크스베이 지방, 뉴질랜드
Latvian:
Hoksbejas reģions, Jaunzēlande
Lithuanian:
Houkis Bėjaus regionas, Naujoji Zelandija
Macedonian:
Хоков Залив, Нов Зеланд
Malay:
Wilayah Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Marathi:
हॉकस बे प्रदेश, न्यू झीलँड
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Hawke's Bay Tōa-khu, New Zealand
Norwegian:
Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Polish:
Hawke's Bay, Nowa Zelandia
Portuguese:
Hawke's Bay, Nova Zelândia
Scottish Gaelic:
Hawke's Bay Region, Sealainn Nuadh
Serbo-Croatian:
Hawke's Bay, Novi Zeland
Sinhalese:
හොකෙස් කලපු කලාපය, නවසීලන්තය
Swedish:
Hawke's Bay, Nya Zeeland
Tamil:
ஹவ்க்கி 'ஸ் பே பகுதி, நியூசிலாந்து
Telugu:
హాక్స్ బే ప్రాంతం, న్యూజీలాండ్
Thai:
ฮอว์ค เบย์, นิวซีแลนด์
Traditional Chinese:
豪克斯灣地區, 紐西蘭
Turkish:
Hawke's Bay, Yeni Zelanda
Ukrainian:
Хокс-Бей, Нова Зеландія
Urdu:
ہاکس بے علاقہ, نیوزی لینڈ
Vietnamese:
Khu vực Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Zeelandic:
Hawke's Bay, Nieuw-Zeêland
The Hawkes Bay Region covers the central eastern section of the North Island, and is divided into a northern Wairoa District, central Hastings District, and confusingly southern Central Hawkes Bay District. The Napier City District encompasses the city only.
The art deco inspired Napier, and neighbouring Hastings are the only large towns in the region.
The region consists of inland mountains of the Ruahine Ranges, a central plains area, and coastal uplands.
The Ruahine Ranges shows uplifting by the Ruahine and Mohaka faults, and exposed greywacke. The Mohaka Fault crosses this, last rupturing in 1600 and 1850, forming a straight scar across the landscape, as an oblique strike slip fault.
The lower coastal ranges have been formed from complex north-east to south-west folded systems. The major Akito Syncline is inland, parallels the coast ending at Hastings. The seaward side is faulted, tilted, and folded, with massive mudstones forming a series of synclines and anticlines. Limestone is prominent as dips slopes in the central Hawkes Bay area, mined on a small scale for agricultural lime.
The Kaikoura Orogeny to the present day, has caused shearing, and faulting with the development of deep depressions across the plain between the ranges, containing sandstone, conglomerate, grit, and claystone, covered with alluvium. The Dannevirke series shows as bentonitic clays, mined historically from 1940 south of Porangahau. It is also responsible for local slips, with farmers describing whole hillsides, with fully grown pine trees sliding down the valleys.
The two main basins are called the Ruataniwha Depression, and Heretaunga Plains, covered by recent alluvium, with abundant gravels mined at times for aggregate. A major aggregate quarry along the coast just south of Napier has recently closed.
The 1931 Napier Earthquake destroyed the city and raised the seabed 7-9 feet. The city was subsequently re-built in an art deco style popular at the time. The area remains tectonically active.
Apart from minor clay, lime, and aggregate mining mentioned above, no other major mining has taken place. Fossicking/specimens sites are restricted to the coastline south of Hastings between Cape Kidnappers, and Cape Turnagain. This includes zeolites from Red Island, sand grain sized garnets from beach placer deposits, and barite nodules when split revealing cavities containing yellow barite crystals, also found along the beaches. Agate/mudstone pebbles are also found along the beaches, attractive when tumbled, locally called zebra stone (but different to zebra stone found in Western Australia).
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities17 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
Rock list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ | Ilmenite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2+TiO3 |
| ⓘ | Quartz var. Amethyst | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 | |
| ⓘ | Opal | 4.DA.10 | SiO2 · nH2O |
| ⓘ | Pyrolusite | 4.DB.05 | Mn4+O2 |
| ⓘ | Manganite | 4.FD.15 | Mn3+O(OH) |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Siderite | 5.AB.05 | FeCO3 |
| ⓘ | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Zircon | 9.AD.30 | Zr(SiO4) |
| ⓘ | Datolite | 9.AJ.20 | CaB(SiO4)(OH) |
| ⓘ | Celadonite | 9.EC.15 | K(MgFe3+◻)(Si4O10)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Natrolite | 9.GA.05 | Na2Al2Si3O10 · 2H2O |
| ⓘ | Analcime | 9.GB.05 | Na(AlSi2O6) · H2O |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Chlorite Group' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Feldspar Group' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Glauconite' | - | K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2 |
| ⓘ | 'Hypersthene' | - | (Mg,Fe)SiO3 |
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Psilomelane' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Garnet Group' | - | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
| ⓘ | 'Glass' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Thomsonite Subgroup' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Analcime | Na(AlSi2O6) · H2O |
| H | ⓘ Celadonite | K(MgFe3+◻)(Si4O10)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Datolite | CaB(SiO4)(OH) |
| H | ⓘ Glauconite | K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Manganite | Mn3+O(OH) |
| H | ⓘ Natrolite | Na2Al2Si3O10 · 2H2O |
| H | ⓘ Opal | SiO2 · nH2O |
| B | Boron | |
| B | ⓘ Datolite | CaB(SiO4)(OH) |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| C | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Quartz var. Amethyst | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Analcime | Na(AlSi2O6) · H2O |
| O | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Celadonite | K(MgFe3+◻)(Si4O10)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| O | ⓘ Datolite | CaB(SiO4)(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Glauconite | K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Hypersthene | (Mg,Fe)SiO3 |
| O | ⓘ Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| O | ⓘ Manganite | Mn3+O(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| O | ⓘ Natrolite | Na2Al2Si3O10 · 2H2O |
| O | ⓘ Opal | SiO2 · nH2O |
| O | ⓘ Pyrolusite | Mn4+O2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
| O | ⓘ Garnet Group | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | ⓘ Analcime | Na(AlSi2O6) · H2O |
| Na | ⓘ Natrolite | Na2Al2Si3O10 · 2H2O |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Celadonite | K(MgFe3+◻)(Si4O10)(OH)2 |
| Mg | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Mg | ⓘ Glauconite | K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2 |
| Mg | ⓘ Hypersthene | (Mg,Fe)SiO3 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Analcime | Na(AlSi2O6) · H2O |
| Al | ⓘ Glauconite | K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2 |
| Al | ⓘ Natrolite | Na2Al2Si3O10 · 2H2O |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Amethyst | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Analcime | Na(AlSi2O6) · H2O |
| Si | ⓘ Celadonite | K(MgFe3+◻)(Si4O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Datolite | CaB(SiO4)(OH) |
| Si | ⓘ Glauconite | K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Hypersthene | (Mg,Fe)SiO3 |
| Si | ⓘ Natrolite | Na2Al2Si3O10 · 2H2O |
| Si | ⓘ Opal | SiO2 · nH2O |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
| Si | ⓘ Garnet Group | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | ⓘ Celadonite | K(MgFe3+◻)(Si4O10)(OH)2 |
| K | ⓘ Glauconite | K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Ca | ⓘ Datolite | CaB(SiO4)(OH) |
| Ti | Titanium | |
| Ti | ⓘ Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| Mn | Manganese | |
| Mn | ⓘ Manganite | Mn3+O(OH) |
| Mn | ⓘ Pyrolusite | Mn4+O2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Celadonite | K(MgFe3+◻)(Si4O10)(OH)2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Glauconite | K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Hypersthene | (Mg,Fe)SiO3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
| Zr | Zirconium | |
| Zr | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
| Ba | Barium | |
| Ba | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
Fossils
There are 373 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.
| Occurrences | 373 |
|---|---|
| Youngest Fossil Listed | 0.01 Ma (Pleistocene) |
| Oldest Fossil Listed | 85.8 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous) |
| Stratigraphic Units | Click here to view 8 stratigraphic units. |
| Fossils from Region | Click here to show the list. |
| Fossil Localities | Click to show 39 fossil localities |
- Hawke's Bay Region
- Quaternary🐚 Cape Kidnappers
- Miocene🐚 Dannevirke GS 2032
- Miocene🐚 Dannevirke GS 2035
- Miocene🐚 Dannevirke GS 800
- Cenozoic🐚 GS 1215
- Late/Upper Cretaceous🐚 GS 14182
- Cenozoic🐚 Hatuma Limeworks Quarry
- Cenozoic🐚 Hawkes Bay
- Quaternary🐚 Mahia Peninsula
- Pliocene🐚 Mangawhero Stream
- Miocene🐚 Mohaka Crossing
- Late/Upper Cretaceous🐚 N141/766 Middle Waipawa
- Neogene🐚 N141/f586 - Te Aute
- Cenozoic🐚 N141/f726 - Te Aute
- Miocene🐚 N141/f734 - Te Aute
- Cenozoic🐚 Napier
- Quaternary🐚 Rich and Van Tets Locality 4
Other Databases
| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawke%27s_Bay_Region |
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| Wikidata ID: | Q251825 |
| GeoNames ID: | 2190146 |
Localities in this Region
- Hawke's Bay Region
- Hastings District
- Upper Mohaka River
- Waimarama
- ⭔Napier City
- ⭔Wairoa District
- Hastings District
Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect
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Red Island, Waimarama, Hastings District, Hawke's Bay Region, New Zealand