[ Top ] [ Japanese ]

Japanese spinel localities

373 localities

A list of Japanese spinel localities described in citable papers and books. The list is edited based on the editing policy of location lists.

Year of description

Location (Prefecture, Synonym, Comments)

Year 1916

Hotokezaki (Nagano, Tokiwa)

Year 1918”N

Mount Kuraki (Oita)

Year 1933”N

Nagatare (Fukuoka, Zn?)

Year 1936”N

Chichibu mine (Saitama, Sekkai creek)

Year 1937”N

Mount Yagen (Gifu, Fukuoka)

Year 1938”N

Mount Omori (Kochi, Jizoji), Ichisaki (Kagoshima, Amami-Oshima island)

Year 1940”N

Kajishima island (Ehime, Corrected to Hercynite)

Year 1941”N

Mount Chogamori (Iwate, Shiwa), Yabu mine (Hyogo, Cr), Mount Amataki (Kagawa)

Year 1942”N

Mount Nijo (Nara)

Year 1943”N

Kamioka mine (Gifu, Maebira), Sekimiya (Hyogo, as Chromian spinel), Tari (Tottori, as Chromian spinel)

Year 1944”N

Nakajo (Nagano, Nagafuji)

Year 1947”N

Kawai mine (Gifu, Corrected to Gahnite in 1980)

Year 1949”N

Omoto river (Iwate, Iwaizumi)

Year 1950”N

Taro mine (Iwate), Nakasato (Iwate, Omoto)

See Japanese page for more localities.