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Minerals reported from Japan
1,612 species (1,479 approved species, 123 varieties and groups, 1 organic matter)
Mineral species reported from Japan in citable journal papers and books. The list includes approved minerals, varieties, field names, and group names.
Furthermore, various geological substances except minerals have been reported.
There are 4,782 approved species in the world in 2014.
- Previous works
- year 1735: approx. 30 species, Unkon-shi, Sekitei Kiuchi
- year 1878: approx. 80 species, Honpo Kinseki Ryakushi, Tsunashiro Wada
- year 1895: 168 species (including 52 variety minerals and 7 organic matters), Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), Jiro Sasamoto
- year 1897: 113 species (including 18 variety minerals and 9 organic matters), List of exhibited specimens, 7th International Geological Congress, (Saint Petersburg, Russia, 1897)
- year 1899: 131 species (including 6 variety minerals), Notes on the Minerals of Japan, Kotora Jimbo
- year 1904: 131 species (including 6 variety minerals), Nihon kobutsu-shi, Tsunashiro Wada
- year 1916: 211 species (including 24 variety minerals and 4 organic matters), Nihon kobutsu-shi, 2nd ed., Dr. Kotora Jimbo, Dr. Nobuyo Fukuchi, Dr. Tozo Takimoto
- year 1947: approx. 320 species, Nihon kobutsu-shi 3rd ed., Dr. Teichi Ito and Dr. Kin-ichi Sakurai
- year 1961: 458 species, Journal of the Society of Earth Scientists and Amateurs of Japan, Dr. Kin-ich Sakurai
- year 1971: 660 species, Nihon Kobutsu Soran, Dr. Kin-ich Sakurai
- year 2005: 1,139 species, Catalogue of Japanese Minerals, Dr. Satoshi Matsubara