Familiarisation grows with exposure and discussions on the various samples we find at different locations:-

Loeses

Unique crystallisation

Limestone

Basalts

Gold

Common minerals found in NZ
Tectonics were often involved with these:-
●  basalts and various volcanic deposits,
●  granites
●  schists
●  slates
●  shales
●  limestone
●  greywacke
●  sandstone
●  loess
●  quartz
●  jade
●  coal
●  gold

Groups can explore the circular processes of formation, erosion and transportation and formation.

arrange opportunities to examine the various, more common, specimens most readily accessible on the trails most tours travel. 
 

 Folds

Igneous 

Schists