Aranga Quarry
Aranga, Kaipara District, Northland Region, New Zealand
An active basalt quarry at the north of North Island.
Produces nice specimens of calcite, zeolites, and cavansite.
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The site produces a range of mineral specimens – mindat lists 18. It is the type locality for one, Waipouaite.
It is probably best known for zeolite minerals and those that typically occur alongside zeolites; Cavansite, Chabazite, Gismondine, Okenite, Thomsonite.
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