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Rhyolite from
Lyttelton Harbour, Lyttelton, Banks Peninsula, Christchurch City, Canterbury Region, New Zealand


Classification
Type:Rhyolite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Tridymite8
Quartz1
Hematite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rhyolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lyttelton Harbour, Lyttelton, Banks Peninsula, Christchurch City, Canterbury Region, New Zealand
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1657450
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1657450:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Mortimer, N, Rattenbury, MS, King, PR, Bland, KJ, Barrell, DJA, Bache, F, Begg, JG, Campbell, HJ, Cox, SC, Crampton, JS, Edbrooke, SW, Forsyth, PJ, Johnston, MR, Jongens, R, Lee, JM, Leonard, GS, Raine, JI, Skinner, DNB, Timm, C, Townsend, DB, Tulloch, AJ, Turnbull, IM, Turnbull, RE (2014) High-level stratigraphic scheme for New Zealand rocks. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 57 (4) 402-419 doi:10.1080/00288306.2014.946062
 
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