TrekGEO > Mineral Trail > Tokai region > Aichi pref. > Arsenopyrite

Japanese page

Arsenopyrite

Awashiro Mine

Furikusa, Toei city, Kita-Shitara county, Aichi pref., Japan

Arsenopyrite

Field of view: 20 mm. Floater of arsenopyrite. Rhombohedral short prisms.

Recovered from a sericitization alteration zone associated with a caldera complex. Formed in the middle Miocene (14 Ma),

Arsenopyrite from this location was described in 1897.

Other localities

Copyright (c) 2017 NariNari, All Rights Reserved.