Story: Marine minerals All images & media From page 1 – Nodules, crusts and vents New Zealand’s legal sea floor Polymetallic nodules New Zealand’s deep-water mineral deposits Underwater vents Black smoker hydrothermal chimney (1st of 2) Minerals in a black smoker chimney (2nd of 2) Production of mineral sediments From page 2 – Phosphates, ironsands and sands Chatham Rise Phosphate nodules Topdressing on high-country pasture Mining ironsands, Taharoa Coastal dredging Sand dredge, Pākiri Beach
