Birdlings Flat, Banks peninsula, Christchurch City, Canterbury Region, New Zealandi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Birdlings Flat | Flat |
| Banks peninsula | Peninsula |
| Christchurch City | City |
| Canterbury Region | Region |
| New Zealand | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
43° 49' 26'' South , 172° 42' 30'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Akaroa | 700 (2017) | 20.9km |
| Tai Tapu | 454 (2011) | 21.6km |
| Lincoln | 2,235 (2011) | 26.5km |
| Prebbleton | 3,600 (2014) | 30.9km |
| Christchurch | 363,926 (2018) | 32.9km |
Mindat Locality ID:
260244
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:260244:1
GUID (UUID V4):
334b9cbb-48ea-4776-a0e3-e9f578ca3631
Birdlings Flat Gemstone and Fossil Museum is unique as it is the only gemstone and fossil display from a private collection open to the public. The display is mostly Canterbury material gathered from the rivers and hills, agate, quartzite, jasper, petrified woods etc, of which after many years would have all ended up on the beach at Birdlings Flat.
Named after a local settler. A windswept pebble covered beach, known for gemstones. The beach is dangerous for swimming, or getting sucked out into the waves while bending over looking for gemstones at the water's edge. The stones come down from rivers, and are swept up the coast by currents, to be deposited on the beach at the base of the Banks Peninsula. The best time to collect is after a storm.
Coloured quartz, jasper, chalcedony, agate, sard, sardonyx, petrified wood, rhodonite, quartzite, prase, nephrite, have been found, and can be tumbled into a colourful selection of low value pretty stones. If it is raining, then the nearby museum has thousands of examples to view.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 References: |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 References: |
| ⓘ Quartz var. Agate References: |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Quartz var. Agate | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 | |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
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