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Minerals reported from Okinawa prefecture, Japan
- 82 mineral species (61 approved species, 21 varieties and groups), 11 geological substances
- First description in the world: 0 species.
- First description in Japan: 4 species
Mineral species and geological substances reported from Okinawa prefecture in citable journal papers and books. The list includes approved minerals, varieties, field names, group names, and organic matters.
Photographs of outcrops and minerals in Okinawa prefeture
- Previous works
- 0 approved species; Tsunashiro Wada, Nihon kobutsu-shi, Japan, 275p. (1904)
- 4 approved species; Kotora Jimbo, Nobuyo Fukuchi, and Tozo Takimoto, Nihon kobutsu-shi, 2nd ed., Japan, 357p. (1916)
- 32 species (27 approved species, 3 varieties and groups, 2 organic matters); Yuzo Kato, Amami Okinawa Ganseki Kobutsu Zukan, Shinsei Tosho Shuppan, Japan, 160p. (1985)
- Year of the first description (XXX indicates ubiquitous minerals but no description was found), Mineral name, Comments
- Comments: Type loc. (First description in the world), 1st (First description in Japan), 2nd (Second description in Japan), ..., Discreded (Misidentified description)
- 1985, Actinolite
- 1974, Aegirine
- 1961, Albite
- 1965, Allophane
- 1961, Amphibole supergroup
- 1973, Andesine
- 1985, Anhydrite
- 1985, Apatite group, Mostly Fluorapatite
- 1971, Aragonite
- 2019, Atacamite
- 1973, Augite
- 1956, Azurite
- 1982, Accretionary lapilli
- 1895, Manganese nodule, 1st
- 1994, White phosphorus, 1st
- 1956, Limonite
- 1903, Stalactite
- 1911, Phosphorite, Guano, 2nd
- 1947, Silica gel
- 2002, Calcareous sinter (Travertine)
- 1997, Calcareous sinter (Tufa)
- 1894, Coal
- 1982, Charcoal