Clinothulite
Okuhida-Onsengo-Nakao, Takayama city, Gifu pref., Japan
IMA approved name
Clinozoisite var. clinothulite
Field of view: 20 mm. Clinothulite. The pink veins are clinothulite. The grayish-green host is metamorphosed tuff, and is probably a block in the serpentinite mélange.
Recovered from a metamorphic rock block in serpentinite subjected to contact metamorphism by the I-type (Magnetite-series) granodiorite. Formed in the early Pleistocene (1.5 Ma).
Other localities
- Iri-Karuizawa (Rhyolite, Prismatic)
- Kurotani Valley (Metamorphic, Vein)
- Onara (Metagabbro, Prismatic)
- Kamioka Mine (Skarn, Massive)