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Kōrero: Rock and mineral names

Microscopic view of tuhualite

Microscopic view of tuhualite

This microscope slice (1 millimetre long) shows the deep purple of tuhualite crystal.

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by Nick Mortimer

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Simon Nathan, Rock and mineral names – Mineral names – 1, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/9085/microscopic-view-of-tuhualite (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Simon Nathan, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.