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Story: Rock and mineral names

Rodingite

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Rodingite

This 5-centimetre piece of rodingite was collected near the Roding River in Nelson. The creamy coloured material is called hydrogrossular, and is surrounded by grains of pyroxene.

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Simon Nathan, Rock and mineral names – Rocks named in New Zealand, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/9077/rodingite (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Simon Nathan, published 2 March 2009.