Erionite-K

Erionite-K, Moeraki Point, New Zealand

These crystals were noted early in investigations, and were thought of as aragonite sixlings. However Ruth Jacobsen sent some specimens to William Henderson who wrote up the mineral in the Mineralogical Record, Vol 14, No 1, 1983. “It was immediately sight-identifiable as erionite, being identical in crystal form to that...

Moeraki Point, Otago, New Zealand

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...

Erionite-K, Moeraki Point, New Zealand

These crystals were noted early in investigations, and were thought of as aragonite sixlings. However Ruth Jacobsen sent some specimens to William Henderson who wrote up the mineral in the Mineralogical Record, Vol 14, No 1, 1983. “It was immediately sight-identifiable as erionite, being identical in crystal form to that...