Location:

River placer. New Zealand

Major Minerals:

Magnetite, haematite, ilmenite

Minor Minerals:

Rutile, chromite, zircon

Trace Minerals:

Include pyrrhotite, pentlandite, chalcopyrite, native gold

Textures:

Extensive martite formation after magnetite is present but there is little alteration of ilmenite. Pounded to euhedral primary sulphide inclusions are preserved within magnetite