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Beach limestone, Motukorea Island

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Beach limestone, Motukorea Island

Calcareous (white) material cements together volcanic pebbles on the shore platform at Motukorea Island which contains the mineral motukoreaite.

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Simon Nathan, Rock and mineral names – Mineral names – 2, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/9094/beach-limestone-motukorea-island (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Simon Nathan, published 2 March 2009.