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Microscopic examination of three samples of diatomite from New Zealand

Created 16/10/2025

Updated 16/10/2025

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The samples of diatomite were received recently from the Director of the Geological Survey of New Zealand. The localities for the samples are given as Middlemarch, Wainui and Whirinaki. The three diatomites are of freshwater origin. The following notes are the result of microscopic examination.

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Title Microscopic examination of three samples of diatomite from New Zealand
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/859f4a2b-b9fe-431e-8df6-178a1197c95a
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Microscopic examination of three samples of diatomite from New Zealand". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/microscopic-examination-of-three-samples-of-diatomite-from-new-zealand