Nontronite

Quartz, Calcite, Moeraki Point, New Zealand

Quartz occurs as small prismatic crystals or drusy coatings on other minerals. There are also seams of agate at Moeraki Point. Below: Small colourless quartz on white calcite, on brown nontronite(?), Moeraki Point Quarry, Otago, New Zealand. Width of view 11.5mm. Ex Jo Price Collection.

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...