gsminmag Mineralogical Magazine Mineralogical Magazine 0026-461X Mineralogical Society 10.1180/minmag.1980.043.329.14 On the Type Locality and Other Occurrences of Awaruite (FeNi3) in Westland, New Zealand Rodgers K. A. Department of Geology, University of Auckland, Private Bag, Auckland 1, New Zealand Hey M. H. Department of Mineralogy, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, England 3 1980 43 329 647 650 23 10 1978 4 9 1979 Copyright © 1980, The Mineralogical Society 1980 Summary

Awaruite is not known from Awarua River or Awarua Bay, Westland, New Zealand, but was first described from alluvial sands of the Gorge River and soon thereafter, in situ in serpentinite from the same valley. The name is a misnomer.