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Mātai Aronuku

Geology

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Kingdom

Phylum

Class

Order

Family

Genus

Species

Nickeline Group

Nickeline Group, Hand sample

GL4156

Very small green triangular rock.

Corundum

Corundum, Hand sample

GL4157

Two small purple hexagonal columar rocks.

Granite

grnt, Hand sample

GL4158

White speckled granite rock with one hexagonal face.

Iron stone

Iron stone, Metamorphic

GL4159

Triangular slab of iron stone, a rust coloured layer rock, showing shear marks.

Gastropod

Gastropoda, Gastropod, Fossil shell

GL4160

Fossil snail shell, with large sections of the body whorl and shoulder missing. The remaining fossil shell is white, and the dark grey is fossilised substrate that was filling the shell and therefore took on the internal shape of the shell.

pudding stone

pudding stone, Rock

GL4161

Heavy polished red jasper and white opal conglomerate rock.

garnet

garnet, Hand sample

GL4166

Dark grey slab of sulphide mineral with small veins of garnet.

Biotite

Biotite, Hand sample

GL4169

Hexagonal slab of biotite mica.

Biotite

Biotite, Hand sample

GL4170

Hexagonal slab of biotite mica.

Serpentinite

serpentine, Hand sample

GL4171

Cut and polished slice of pounamu schist. Handsized rock, polished on 2 sides, clear, dark green.

garnet

garnet, Hand sample

GL4172

Small sample of garnet with quartz layers.

garnet

garnet, Hand sample

GL4173

Small sample of granite matrix rock with garnet veins throughout.