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Minerals reported from Aichi prefecture, Japan

• 262 mineral species (230 approved species, 32 varieties and groups), 15 geological substances
• First description in the world: 2 species.
• First description in Japan: 15 species

Mineral species and geological substances reported from Aichi 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 Aichi prefeture

• Previous works
• 18 species (16 approved species, 2 varieties); Tsunashiro Wada, Nihon kobutsu-shi, Japan, 275p. (1904)
• 24 species (22 approved species, 2 varieties); Kotora Jimbo, Nobuyo Fukuchi, and Tozo Takimoto, Nihon kobutsu-shi, 2nd ed., Japan, 357p. (1916)
• 48 species (including varieties and groups); Yohachiro Okamoto, Aichiken Nishio-shi and Hazu-gun Kobutsu-shi, Japan, 60p. (1958)
• 90 species (87 approved species, 2 varieties, an organic matter); Satoshi Matsubara, Minerals in Aichi prefecture, Chigaku Kenkyu, vol.42, no.4, pp.233-248 (1993)

• 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)

• 1899, Actinolite
• 1985, Adularia
• 1963, Aegirine as Urbanite
• 1950, Aegirine-augite
• 1979, Aenigmatite
• 1978, Agate
• 1947, Alabandite
• 1898, Albite
• 1937, Allanite-(Ce)
• 1953, Alleghanyite
• 1976, Allophane
• 1899, Almandine
• 1901, Amphibole supergroup
• 1978, Analcime
• 1898, Andalusite
• 1979, Andesine
• 1973, Andradite
• 1999, Anhydrite
• 1947, Ankerite
• 1957, Annite
• 2013, Anorthite
• 1979, Anorthoclase
• 1974, Anthophyllite
• 1973, Antigorite
• 1989, Antlerite
• 1935, Apatite group, Mostly Fluorapatite
• 1973, Apophyllite group, Mostly Apophyllite-(KF)
• 1947, Aragonite
• 1979, Arfvedsonite
• 1897, Arsenopyrite
• 1971, Artinite, 2nd
• 1959, Augite
• 1978, Autunite
• 1993, Axinite-(Fe)
• 1976, Azurite

• 1963, Baryte, Barite
• 2004, Bementite
• 1992, Berthierite
• 1897, Beryl
• 1899, Biotite series
• 1993, Birnessite
• 1966, Bismuthinite
• 1978, Bornite
• 1952, Braunite
• 1963, Brochantite
• 1971, Brucite
• 1973, Brugnatellite, 1st
• 1965, Bustamite
• 1979, Bytownite

• 1899, Calcite
• 1959, Caryopilite, as Bementite
• 1958, Celsian, 2nd
• 1954, Cervantite, Synonym of Hydroxystibioroméite
• 1959, Chabazite series
• 1979, Chalcedony
• 1952, Chalcocite
• 1896, Chalcopyrite
• 1961, Chalcostibite
• 1996, Chamosite
• 1950, Chlorite group
• 1974, Chromite
• 1952, Chrysocolla
• 1973, Chrysotile
• 1935, Cinnabar
• 1957, Clinochlore, as Pennine
• 1961, Clinoptilolite series
• 1979, Clinozoisite, Thulite
• 1976, Coalingite
• 1961, Cobaltite
• 1971, Cobaltpentlandite
• 1932, Columbite-(Fe)
• 1971, Copper
• 1900, Cordierite
• 1971, Corundum
• 1979, Covellite
• 1965, Cristobalite
• 1993, Crossite
• 1938, Cryptomelane, 1st
• 1974, Cummingtonite
• 1952, Cuprite

• 1977, Datolite
• 1898, Diallage
• 1957, Diaspore
• 1975, Dickite
• 1953, Digenite
• 1958, Diopside
• 1962, Djurleite
• 1973, Dolomite
• 1977, Dravite
• 1973, Dypingite, 1st as Yoshikawaite

• 1947, Enargite
• 1954, Enstatite
• 1950, Epidote
• 1979, Erythrite

• 1979, Fayalite
• 1968, Feitknechtite
• 1899, Feldspar group
• 1979, Ferberite
• 1966, Fergusonite-(Y)
• 1977, Fluorapatite
• 1975, Fluorite
• 1904, Forsterite

• 1950, Gadolinite-(Y)
• 1960, Galaxite
• 1896, Galena
• 1894, Garnet group
• 1989, Gaspéite, Gaspeite, 1st
• 1972, Gersdorffite
• 1993, Gibbsite
• 1955, Glauconite series
• 1924, Glaucophane
• 1993, Glaukosphaerite, 1st
• 2008, Glendonite
• 1955, Goethite
• 1904, Gold
• 1892, Graphite
• 1979, Greenockite
• 1979, Grossular
• 1959, Gypsum

• 1957, Halloysite-7Å
• 1957, Halloysite-10Å
• 1993, Haradaite
• 1952, Hausmannite
• 1971, Heazlewoodite
• 1965, Hedenbergite
• 1985, Hejtmanite, 1st
• 1982, Helvine
• 1931, Hematite
• 1971, Hercynite
• 1979, Heulandite series
• 1955, Hornblende series, Mostly Magnesio-hornblende
• 1977, Hübnerite, Hubnerite
• 1957, Hyalophane, 2nd
• 1978, Hydrogrossular, as Hydrogarnet
• 1973, Hydromagnesite, 1st
• 1974, Hydrotalcite, 1st
• 1916, Hydroxystibioroméite, Hydroxystibioromeite, Stibiconite, 2nd
• 1954, Hypersthene

• 1993, Illite series
• 1937, Ilmenite
• 1977, Interstratified minerals (Chlorite/Smectite)
• 1981, Interstratified minerals (Mica/Smectite)

• 1960, Jacobsite
• 1978, Jadeite
• 1979, Jamborite, 1st
• 1896, Jamesonite, 3rd

• 1916, Kaolinite
• 1979, Kinoshitalite, 3rd

• 1979, Labradorite
• 1973, Laumontite
• 1949, Lawsonite, 3rd
• 1955, Lepidocrocite
• 1875, Lithiophorite, 1st
• 1978, Lizardite

• 1988, Mackinawite
• 1955, Maghemite
• 1980, Magnesio-arfvedsonite
• 1978, Magnesiochromite
• 1978, Magnesio-hornblende
• 1978, Magnesite
• 1897, Magnetite
• 1958, Malachite
• 1950, Manganite
• 1977, Mangano-cummingtonite
• 1958, Mangano-grunerite
• 1960, Manganosite
• 1935, Marcasite
• 1984, Margarite
• 1993, Mcguinnessite, 2nd
• 1938, Microcline
• 1899, Molybdenite
• 1932, Monazite-(Ce)
• 1957, Montmorillonite
• 1962, Mordenite
• 713, Muscovite, 1st

• 1976, Nakauriite, Type loc.
• 1978, Natrolite
• 1960, Neotocite, as Penwithite
• 1973, Nesquehonite, 1st
• 1984, Niahite, 1st
• 1982, Nickeline
• 1938, Nsutite, 1st, and discovered first in the world.

• 1938, Oligoclase
• 1964, Opal
• 1894, Orthoclase

• 1974, Pargasite
• 1978, Pectolite
• 1979, Pentlandite
• 1972, Pharmacosiderite, 3rd
• 1966, Phillipsite-Ca
• 1960, Phlogopite
• 1931, Piemontite
• 1924, Plagioclase series
• 1942, Polydymite
• 1950, Prehnite
• 1960, Protolitionite
• 1978, Pumpellyite-(Al)
• 1895, Pyrite
• 1971, Pyroaurite, 3rd
• 1957, Pyrochroite
• 1950, Pyrolusite
• 1957, Pyrophanite
• 1946, Pyrophyllite
• 1901, Pyroxene
• 1956, Pyroxmangite
• 1935, Pyrrhotite

• 1894, Quartz
• 2004, β-Quartz

• 1975, Rectorite
• 1899, Rhodochrosite
• 1896, Rhodonite group
• 1961, Richterite, 2nd
• 1962, Riebeckite
• 1956, Rutile

• 1932, Samarskite-(Y)
• 1953, Sanidine
• 1979, Saponite
• 2002, Scapolite series, Mostly Marialite
• 1979, Scheelite
• 1897, Schorl
• 1979, Sepiolite
• 1898, Serpentine
• 2004, Shirozulite, Type loc.
• 1947, Siderite
• 1899, Sillimanite, The description in 1898 is corrected to Cordierite in 1915.
• 1936, Silver
• 1981, Smectite group
• 1963, Sonolite
• 1899, Spessartine
• 1899, Sphalerite
• 1974, Spinel
• 1971, Staurolite
• 1899, Stibnite
• 1959, Stilbite series
• 1993, Stilpnomelane
• 1899, Sulphur

• 1933, Talc
• 1971, Tenorite
• 1950, Tephroite
• 1947, Tetrahedrite series
• 1978, Thomsonite-Ca
• 1979, Titanaugite
• 1950, Titanite
• 1959, Titanomaghemite
• 1957, Topaz
• 1975, Tosudite
• 1897, Tourmaline supergrouup
• 1950, Tremolite

• 1961, Uraninite

• 1953, Valentinite
• 1899, Vermiculite, 2nd
• 1950, Vesuvianite
• 1965, Vivianite
• 1993, Volborthite, 2nd

• 1988, Welinite, 2nd
• 1916, Wolframite, Mostly Ferberite
• 1958, Wollastonite

• 1935, Xenotime-(Y)

• 1961, Yoshimuraite, 2nd, Discovered in 1959.

• 1961, Zeolite family
• 1960, Zinnwaldite series
• 1924, Zircon
• 1950, Zoisite

• 1915, Orbicular igneous rocks, 1st
• 1922, Orbicular rhyolite
• 1986, Accretionary lapilli
• 1978, Obsidian
• 1999, Pseudotachylyte
• 1975, Orthoquartzite

• 1983, Manganese nodule

• 1895, Limonite
• 1899, Asbestos
• 1899, Stalactite
• 1978, Dendrite

• 1959, Silicified wood

• 1979, Amber
• 1897, Coal
• 2007, Peat