Story: Rock and mineral names All images & media From page 1 – Local names Greywacke in New Zealand Hāpuku River (1st of 2) Greywacke under the microscope (2nd of 2) Greywacke sculpture Heather Nicholson Papa cliffs, Hawke’s Bay Pounamu boulders Adzite chisel From page 2 – Rocks named in New Zealand New Zealand-named rocks and minerals Dun Mountain Dunite (1st of 2) Dunite under the microscope (2nd of 2) Rodingite Types of ignimbrite (1st of 2) Ignimbrite under the microscope (2nd of 2) Goodletite pendant From page 3 – Mineral names – 1 Sugar Loaf Islands, New Plymouth Tuhualite crystal (1st of 2) Microscopic view of tuhualite (2nd of 2) Patrick Marshall, Arapuni (1st of 2) Geological hammer (2nd of 2) Colin Hutton, mineralogist From page 4 – Mineral names – 2 Alfred Steiner, mineralogist (1st of 2) Wairakite (2nd of 2) Akatoreite locality (1st of 2) Specimen containing akatoreite (2nd of 2) Beach platform, Motukorea Island (1st of 2) Beach limestone, Motukorea Island (2nd of 2) Douglas Coombs and Yosuke Kawachi
