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On the type locality and other occurrences of awaruite (FeNi3) in Westland, New Zealand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

K. A. Rodgers  and
M. H. Hey
K. A. Rodgers
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Auckland, Private Bag, Auckland 1, New Zealand
M. H. Hey
Affiliation:
Department of Mineralogy, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, England
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Summary

Awaruite is not known from Awarua River or Awarua Bay, Westland, New Zealand, but was first described from alluvial sands of the Gorge River and soon thereafter, in situ in serpentinite from the same valley. The name is a misnomer.

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Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 43 , Issue 329 , March 1980 , pp. 647 - 650
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1980

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