Barite occurs as white tabular plates or rosettes, on chlorite and in weathered zones, and as chunky white bipyramids. Barite can be found with chabazite, gypsum, analcime, and harmotome-phillipsite. Below: Pseudohexagonal Barite, Bickers Quarry (Simpkins Quarry), Tokatoka, Kaipara District, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand. Width of view 3mm.
Bickers Quarry (originally described as Simpkins Quarry) has been owned by Mr. S. Bicker. It is on the north side of Tokatoka Road, a short way east of the junction with Simpkin Road, about 3.5km northeast of Tokatoka (Fig 1 and Fig 2). Tokatoka is about 15km southeast of Dargaville...
Moeraki Point (also known as the Moeraki Headland) is the rocky promontory that forms the southern arm of the bay where the Moeraki Boulders are found, in the Otago region of New Zealand. While the boulders are a sedimentary phenomenon, the point itself is volcanic. The rocks at Moeraki Point...
Below: White-colourless zoned barite, with dark brown siderite, Bickers Quarry (Simpkins Quarry), Tokatoka, Kaipara District, Northland Region, North Island, New Zealand. Width of view 3mm.
