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The Otago Rock and Mineral Club

Blackhead Quarry –Zeolites (Thanks to Heather Wilson) Blackhead is located ~5 km southwest of the city centre of Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand (latitude 45º55.8'S, longitude 170º26'E). The Blackhead body is part of the Dunedin Volcanic Group, which is centered upon the Miocene Dunedin shield volcano.Blackhead Quarry is located ...

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Volcanic hazards

Volcanic Hazards in New Zealand. Volcanic Ash. Volcanic Ash is derived from fragmentation as the eruption occurs, producing volcanic glass, rock and crystal particles, that can be carried for long distances downwind of the eruption site. Ash can cause health problems for humans and animals, compromise water supplies, damage infrastructure …

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Igneous Rocks

Introduction. Igneous rocks are "fire-born," meaning that they are formed from the cooling and solidification of molten (melted) rock. The word igneous derives from ignis, the Latin word for "fire.". Molten rock material is known as magma until it is erupted onto the surface when it then is termed lava.

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Natural Schist Cladding, Veneers and Paving

A simple phone call and an invitation to visit led us to order 7 tonne of stone, pebbles, chip, pavers and boulders for the front yard of our new house in Whitianga . The service from Grant at the Quarry picking out rock and Lucy in the office organising transport and keeping us informed on progress was fantastic.

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An archaeological review of Polynesian adze quarries and …

The Nelson-Marlborough argillites are the most abundant and widely distributed stone types of any New Zealand adze rock (Walter et al., 2010), with reports of the material as far as 1000 km to the north on the Three Kings Islands (Prickett, 1989) and 960 km south at the Foveaux Strait coast (Jacomb et al., 2012). Some 65 quarries have …

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Pukekawa — the Domain Volcano

rock within easy reach of the growing settlement of Auckland. Over the years dozens of quarries have active-ly nibbled, bitten and gulped at our volcanic heritage to satisfy the city's endless demand for building aggre-gate, road metal and solid fill. Today about 20% (2 million tonnes) of New Zealand's aggregate for concrete and

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Igneous rocks – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand

  • Wiley Online Libraryhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley/doi/10.1002/arco.5297?af=R

    An archaeological review of Polynesian adze quarries …

    WebABSTRACT. Adze quarries and sources are some of the most visible, unique and well-preserved Polynesian archaeological sites where stone technology, …

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  • Stones & rocks | Trade Me Marketplace

    Seron 4 litre-DXS Clear Stone Sealer. Free shipping. Buy Now. $89.34. Wellington. Closes: Tue, 5 Dec. Gabion Baskets - The Best : 2-3 Times Lifespan of Alternatives. x10 Units 978 X 528 X 528MM, 75X75MM grid. Shipping from $220.00.

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    Stratigraphy

    Geology of New Zealand. Stratigraphy. Explore the history of Aotearoa New Zealand's crustal surface using this geological legend showing the ages of the rocks in order. …

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    Gollans Bay Quarry, Lyttelton, Banks Peninsula, Christchurch …

    Gollans Bay Quarry, Lyttelton, Banks Peninsula, Christchurch City, Canterbury Region, New Zealand : The rock of the Lyttelton volcano grades from basaltic andesite through olivine andesite to trachyte, with andesite being some 80% of the flows. Glen Coates found at least six cycles of ...

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    Mineral resource assessment of the Northland Region, …

    Figure 14 Miocene to Quaternary volcanic zones and centres and associated mineralisation in northern New Zealand (after Fig. 24 of Brathwaite & Pirajno 1993).....26 Figure 15 Location of aggregate quarries and sites from the GERM database. Inset graphs show the

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    Crustal basement terranes under the Taupō Volcanic …

    Quaternary volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks of New Zealand's Taupō Volcanic Zone (TVZ) lie above and between the Torlesse and Waipapa Composite …

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    Quarries – Rock, limestone and clay – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand

    Auckland's largest quarry, on Mt Wellington, has mined the lava flows of this volcanic mountain's cone. More than 30 million tonnes of basalt have been blasted, dug up and crushed to form aggregate. ... All text licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 New Zealand Licence unless otherwise stated. Commercial re-use ...

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    Page 1. Stone buildings in New Zealand

    Stone buildings in New Zealand. All images & media in this story. Stone wall, Poor Knights Islands. Kerikeri stone store. Rubble construction. Taieri River bridge (1st of 2) Stone walls, Auckland Harbour. Before the arrival of Europeans, Māori used stone to build paths and walls, but their buildings were made of wood and other plant materials ...

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    Eden in Auckland | New Zealand Geographic

    Eden in Auckland. One of the rarest ecologies in the world is hiding in plain sight, in the centre of the most central suburb of the largest city in New Zealand. Of more than 5000 hectares of rock forest that once shrouded the lava boulderfields of the Auckland isthmus, only tiny remnants survive, totalling just 29 hectares.

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    Trace and minor element geochemistry of the rhyolitic …

    Rhyolite Geochemistry, Central North Island, New Zealand 77 eruptive histories. Finally, an approach was made to the question of continuity ... Total rock Volcanic Greywac~es 32 P.26192 33 P.26184 34 P.26186 and Argillites (" Marginal" Facies) Greywacke. Tauwhare Quarry. Total rock Karapiro Quarry. Total rock. Greywacke Argillite. Bitumix ...

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    Pebbles & Stones

    A huge range of pebble and stones in a variety of sizes to buy in bulk or 25kg bags including grey Awatoto Pebble, Waikato Gold, HokiPoki, Otorohanga River Pebble, Taumarunui River Pebble, white limestone chip and grit (Hoggin), Uruti stone. Schist, limestone boulders, volcanic and river boulders ar

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    Full article: Quartz types of the Eocene Broken River …

    Our results show that the volcanic quartz grains were derived from local volcanic source rocks, whereas metamorphic quartz grains may have been derived from either local …

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    Fossil hunting in Oxfordshire, UK – Deposits Mag

    Fig. 4. Common fossils from Kirtlington Quarry: (1) the small brachiopod Obovothyris magnobovata; (2) the large brachiopod Epithyis oxonica; (3) the mussel Modiolus sp, (4) worm casts; and (5) a nest of …

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    Thermo-physical rock properties of greywacke basement rock …

    Greywacke of the Waipapa and Torlesse (Composite) Terrane form the basement of the Taupo Volcanic Zone (TVZ), New Zealand. Together with inferred buried lavas, domes and igneous complexes they are likely to be the dominant rock type prevailing at depths > 4 km beneath the TVZ. A fundamental understanding of the rock properties …

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    Aggregate – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand

    Aggregate, which is crushed rock from a mixture of sources, is an essential material in New Zealand's built environment. The term aggregate includes naturally occurring collections of rock particles like beach pebbles (often used in concrete) and sands, as well as manually crushed rock. The differing shapes, sizes and types of rock can be put ...

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    Rock, limestone and clay

    Quarries that work these deposits are termed gravel pits as they are simply holes dug into the plains. The word quarry usually refers to places where bedrock is mined, often with explosives. Many New Zealand basalts and andesites, which are volcanic rocks (in red), also make ideal aggregate. These are quarried from hard rock.

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    volcanic rock quarries new zealand

    quarry basalt rock - Quarrying Crusher Plant, Pumice Rock New Zealand, Scoria Quarry New ... (with basalt Rock, volcanic ash & pumice Rock additions) which are ... Get More Info ... Go to Product Center • Taupo Scoria Quarry • tauposcoria.co.nz, Pumice Rock New Zealand, Scoria Quarry New Zealand : About Scoria. ...

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    From The Quarry To The Kitchen: How Natural …

    This jet-burner channels a 4″ diameter hole into the stone working at a rate of about 14 square feet per hour. It's capable of channeling up to a 15 foot depth. Channels are bored adjacently until the desired length of rock has …

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    Hendersons Quarry, Mount Ngongotaha, Rotorua District, Bay …

    Hendersons Quarry, Mount Ngongotaha, Rotorua District, Bay of Plenty Region, New Zealand : Mt. Ngongotaha is a rhyolite dome with high-temperature gas phase-deposited silicate and oxide minerals present in vesicules. This is an operating quarry, for aggregate, about 5km north of ...

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    Rock, limestone and clay

    Quarries that work these deposits are termed gravel pits as they are simply holes dug into the plains. The word quarry usually refers to places where bedrock is mined, often with …

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    Mineral resource assessment of the northland Region, …

    Figure 14 Miocene to Quaternary volcanic zones and centres and associated mineralisation in northern New Zealand (after Fig. 24 of Brathwaite & Pirajno 1993).....26 Figure 15 Location of aggregate quarries and sites from the GERM database. Inset graphs show the

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    1:250 000 Geological Map

    The 1:250 000 Geological Map of New Zealand dataset covers mainland New Zealand and the Chatham Islands. The more detailed 1:250 000 scale is better suited for regional applications and was originally compiled and published as 21 separate map sheets as part the QMAP project (1995-2012). The geological framework comprises mostly ...

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    Types of clay – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand

    Halloysite – white clay. Under certain conditions the volcanic rock rhyolite weathers into a distinct type of clay. Known as halloysite, it has been altered by hydrothermal fluids passing through it and then weathered by rain and exposure to the atmosphere. The producers of halloysite clay from deposits in Matauri Bay, Northland, claim that ...

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    New Zealand's volcanoes

    There are over 50 volcanic cones and craters in Auckland New Zealand. Dr Ian Smith explains how they erupt, and the rocks that they produce. Okataina. Taupō Volcano …

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