Luck at Last Mine, Whangamata, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, New Zealand
Mordenite fibres formed in a void in silicified rhyolite. 5MP Chinese unbranded CMOS camera with bellows and FYSCOPE 4X Plan Achromatic Objective Lens. Processed with Zerene stacker DMap and post stacking cleanup with Faststone. Collection and photograph of Rod Martin
© R. J. Martin
Wharekawa River, Whangamata, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, New Zealand
A large blade of twinned mordenite with quartz. 5MP Chinese unbranded CMOS camera with bellows and FYSCOPE 4X Plan Achromatic Objective Lens. Processed with Zerene stacker DMap and post stacking cleanup with Faststone. Collection and photograph of Rod Martin
Mordenite needles on quartz. 5MP Chinese unbranded CMOS camera with bellows and FYSCOPE 4X Plan Achromatic Objective Lens. Processed with Zerene stacker DMap and post stacking cleanup with Faststone. Collection and photograph of Rod Martin
A group of thomsonite crystals in a mass of mordenite needles all over a lining of quartz crystals. 5MP Chinese unbranded CMOS camera with bellows and FYSCOPE 4X Plan Achromatic Objective Lens. Processed with Zerene stacker DMap and post stacking cleanup with Faststone. Collection and photograph of Rod Martin
Heulandite (centre right) on stained (Fe?) mordenite needles with calcite (bottom centre). 5MP Chinese unbranded CMOS camera with bellows and FYSCOPE 4X Plan Achromatic Objective Lens. Processed with Zerene stacker DMap and post stacking cleanup with Faststone. Collection and photograph of Rod Martin
Prismatic quartz crystals covered with drusy quartz. 5MP Chinese unbranded CMOS camera with bellows and FYSCOPE 4X Plan Achromatic Objective Lens. Processed with Zerene stacker DMap and post stacking cleanup with Faststone. Collection and photograph of Rod Martin
Resorbed calcite at bottom with small quartz crystals overlying larger quartz with a coating of yellow clay. 5MP Chinese unbranded CMOS camera with bellows and FYSCOPE 4X Plan Achromatic Objective Lens. Processed with Zerene stacker DMap and post stacking cleanup with Faststone. Collection and photograph of Rod Martin
Small quartz crystal with multiple terminations on chlorite. 5MP Chinese unbranded CMOS camera with bellows and FYSCOPE 4X Plan Achromatic Objective Lens. Processed with Zerene stacker DMap and post stacking cleanup with Faststone. Collection and photograph of Rod Martin
Heulandite crystal impaled on a mordenite needle with blades of thomsonite and quartz crystals to the left.. 5MP Chinese unbranded CMOS camera with bellows and FYSCOPE 4X Plan Achromatic Objective Lens. Processed with Zerene stacker DMap and post stacking cleanup with Faststone. Collection and photograph of Rod Martin
Complex calcite crystals on chlorite coated quartz. 5MP Chinese unbranded CMOS camera with bellows and FYSCOPE 4X Plan Achromatic Objective Lens. Processed with Zerene stacker DMap and post stacking cleanup with Faststone. Collection and photograph of Rod Martin
Unattributed map of track to the mine and associated buildings.
Possibly No 2 drive situated near the Wharekawa River. Photograph of Rod Martin.
Accessed via the Luck at Last mine track and then tracking 500m down river from the No2 drive. Collecting is from outcrop and river bed material. Photograph of R.J. Martin