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Kōrero: Rock and mineral names

Rarangi kaupapa

  1. Story summary

  2. Local names

  3. Rocks named in New Zealand

  4. Mineral names – 1

  5. Mineral names – 2

  6. Hononga, rauemi nō waho

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Local names

Greywacke in New Zealand

Greywacke in New Zealand

Hāpuku River

Hāpuku River (1 o 2)

Greywacke under the microscope

Greywacke under the microscope (2 o 2)

Greywacke sculpture

Greywacke sculpture

Heather Nicholson

Heather Nicholson

Papa cliffs, Hawke’s Bay

Papa cliffs, Hawke’s Bay

Pounamu boulders

Pounamu boulders

Adzite chisel

Adzite chisel

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Rocks named in New Zealand

New Zealand-named rocks and minerals

New Zealand-named rocks and minerals

Dun Mountain

Dun Mountain

Dunite

Dunite (1 o 2)

Dunite under the microscope

Dunite under the microscope (2 o 2)

Rodingite

Rodingite

Types of ignimbrite

Types of ignimbrite (1 o 2)

Ignimbrite under the microscope

Ignimbrite under the microscope (2 o 2)

Goodletite pendant

Goodletite pendant

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Mineral names – 1

Sugar Loaf Islands, New Plymouth

Sugar Loaf Islands, New Plymouth

Tuhualite crystal

Tuhualite crystal (1 o 2)

Microscopic view of tuhualite

Microscopic view of tuhualite (2 o 2)

Patrick Marshall, Arapuni

Patrick Marshall, Arapuni (1 o 2)

Geological hammer

Geological hammer (2 o 2)

Colin Hutton, mineralogist

Colin Hutton, mineralogist

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Mineral names – 2

Alfred Steiner, mineralogist

Alfred Steiner, mineralogist (1 o 2)

Wairakite

Wairakite (2 o 2)

Akatoreite locality

Akatoreite locality (1 o 2)

Specimen containing akatoreite

Specimen containing akatoreite (2 o 2)

Beach platform, Motukorea Island

Beach platform, Motukorea Island (1 o 2)

Beach limestone, Motukorea Island

Beach limestone, Motukorea Island (2 o 2)

Douglas Coombs and Yosuke Kawachi

Douglas Coombs and Yosuke Kawachi

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Simon Nathan, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/rock-and-mineral-names/media (accessed 19 May 2022)

He kōrero nā Simon Nathan, i tāngia i te 12 Jun 2006

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