Japanese tephroite localities

320 localities

A list of Japanese tephroite 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 1935: Kaso mine (Tochigi, First collection of tephroite is from Ishizuka pass by Dr. Kinichi Sakurai)
Year 1936: Oashi mine (Tochigi, Mount Nakimushi)
Year 1941: Yamato mine (Kagoshima)
Year 1944: Yamaguchi (Fukuoka, Kurate)
Year 1947: Renge mine (Yamaguchi, Kuga)
Year 1948: Omatsumae mine (Hokkaido)
Year 1949: Ioi mine (Shiga), Hama-Yokokawa mine (Nagano), Kamiina mine (Nagano, Oya mine)
Year 1950: Taguchi mine (Aichi), Kyoei mine (Aichi), Kabeiwa mine (Kyoto), Sannomiya mine (Kyoto)
Year 1951: Akatani mine (Niigata), Kiso mine (Nagano, Kozawa mine, Akatana mine), Kumazawa mine (Nagano), Kama mine (Nagano), Nihongi mine (Nagano), Oontake mine (Nagano), Noda-Tamagawa mine (Iwate), Setogawa mine (Nagano)

See Japanese page for more localities.