Planning a trip to the Land of the Long White Cloud? Want to know where to go to see geological features, museums, etc.? The Geoscience Society of New Zealand has a website with information about GeoTrips that you can make while in New Zealand. A few are virtual trips only...
Henderson’s Quarry is a major excavation in volcanic rock on the eastern side of Mount Ngongotaha, near Rotorua on the North Island of New Zealand. Featured image: Henderson’s Quarry, Ngongotaha The quarry is made up of several rock types including pumice, obsidian and rhyolite. Crystalline minerals occur in lithophysal cavities in...
