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Minerals reported from Akita prefecture, Japan
- 311 mineral species (263 approved species, 48 varieties and groups), 22 geological substances
- First description in the world: 4 species.
- First description in Japan: 41 species
Mineral species and geological substances reported from Akita 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 Akita prefeture
- Previous works
- 40 species (35 approved species, 5 varieties and groups); Tsunashiro Wada, Nihon kobutsu-shi, Japan, 275p. (1904)
- ? (Tohoku region); Ryohei Katayama, Minerals of 6 prefectures in Tohoku region (1912)
- 60 species (51 approved species, 7 varieties and groups, 2 organic matters); Kotora Jimbo, Nobuyo Fukuchi, and Tozo Takimoto, Nihon kobutsu-shi, 2nd ed., Japan, 357p. (1916)
- approximately 140 species (Tohoku region); Ryohei Katayama, Minerals of Tohoku region, Kogyososyo, no.3, Sendai Komusho (1916)
- 458 species (Tohoku region); Matsuo Nanbu and Katsutoshi Tanida, Journal of mineralogy, petrology and economic geology, special issue, no.2, pp.123-132 (1980)
- 271 species (250 approved species, 21 varieties and groups); List of minerals species in Akita prefecture, Matsuo Nanbu, Chigaku Kenkyu, vol.34, no.7-12, pp.161-172 (1985)
- 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)
- 2014, Acanthite
- 1965, Actinolite
- 1930, Adularia
- 1963, Aegirine
- 1994, Agate
- 1904, Alabandite
- 1950, Albite
- 1952, Allanite-(Ce)
- 1953, Allophane
- 1923, Alum-(K)
- 1955, Alunite
- 1936, Alunogen
- 1952, Amphibole supergroup
- 1918, Analcime
- 1987, Anatase
- 1947, Andesine
- 1961, Andorite VI, 2nd
- 1894, Anglesite, 1st
- 1915, Anhydrite, 2nd
- 1969, Anilite, Type loc.
- 1905, Ankerite, 1st
- 1960, Annite
- 1931, Anorthite
- 1955, Anorthoclase
- 1983, Anthophyllite
- 1893, Apatite group, 3rd, Mostly Fluorapatite
- 1969, Apophyllite-(KF)
- 1908, Aragonite
- 1963, Arfvedsonite
- 1876, Argentite, 2nd
- 1983, Argyrodite
- 1956, Arsenopyrite
- 1983, Atacamite
- 1925, Augite
- 1970, Aurichalcite
- 1901, Axinite-(Fe)
- 1894, Azurite
- 1891, Baryte, Barite, 1st
- 1969, Beaverite-(Cu), 1st
- 1963, β-fergusonite-(Y), 1st
- 1972, Betekhtinite, 2nd
- 1983, Beudantite, 3rd
- 1983, Bianchite, 3rd
- 1950, Biotite series
- 1961, Birnessite
- 1983, Bismite
- 1968, Bismuth
- 1952, Bismuthinite
- 1876, Bornite
- 1971, Boulangerite
- 1971, Bournonite
- 1963, Braunite
- 1904, Brochantite, 2nd
- 1955, Bronzite
- 1983, Brucite
- 1957, Bytownite
- 1892, Calcite
- 1996, Caledonite
- 2000, Carbonatecyanotrichite, 3rd
- 1976, Carrollite
- 1983, Caryopilite
- 1963, Celadonite
- 1894, Cerussite
- 1918, Chabazite series
- 1894, Chalcanthite, 1st
- 1897, Chalcedony
- 1894, Chalcocite, as Harrisite
- 1876, Chalcopyrite
- 1908, Chamosite, as Chlorite
- 1894, Chlorargyrite, 1st
- 1908, Chlorite group
- 1996, Chromite
- 1899, Chrysocolla
- 1955, Cinnabar
- 1954, Clinochlore
- 1950, Clinoptilolite series
- 1983, Clinozoisite, Thulite
- 1960, Coffinite
- 1973, Colusite, 3rd
- 1983, Copiapite
- 1892, Copper
- 1965, Cordierite
- 1964, Corkite, 1st
- 1983, Corrensite, 2nd
- 1972, Cosalite
- 1904, Covellite, 2nd
- 1935, Cristobalite, 2nd
- 1961, Cryptomelane
- 1957, Cubanite
- 1892, Cuprite, 3rd
- 1996, Cyanotrichite, 1st
- 1957, Diaspore
- 1970, Dickite
- 1951, Digenite, 2nd
- 1964, Diopside
- 1962, Djurleite, 1st
- 1897, Dolomite
- 1964, Dufrénite, Dufrenite, ?
- 1929, Feldspar group
- 1959, Fergusonite-(Y)
- 1974, Ferricopiapite, 1st
- 1975, Ferrierite-Mg
- 2013, Ferrihydrite
- 1972, Ferrohexahydrite, 2nd
- 1965, Ferrosaponite
- 1986, Fluorapatite
- 1900, Fluorite
- 1898, Forsterite
- 1973, Freieslebenite
- 1969, Fukuchilite, Type loc.
- 1981, Furutobeite, Type loc.
- 1885, Galena
- 1911, Garnet group
- 1968, Germanite
- 1981, Gersdorffite
- 1955, Gibbsite
- 1922, Glauconite series
- 1986, Glendonite
- 1930, Goethite
- 1893, Gold
- 1983, Goldfieldite
- 1916, Goslarite, 3rd
- 1983, Graphite
- 1983, Greigite
- 1972, Gustavite, 1st
- 1891, Gypsum
- 1971, Halite
- 1950, Halloysite-7Å
- 1959, Halloysite-10Å
- 1954, Hedenbergite
- 1876, Hematite, 1st
- 1970, Hemimorphite
- 1983, Hessite
- 1974, Heulandite series
- 1997, Hinsdalite, 2nd
- 1983, Hisingerite
- 1911, Hokutolite, 1st
- 1931, Hornblende series, Mostly Magnesio-hornblende
- 1916, Hydrozincite, 2nd
- 1925, Hypersthene
- 1961, Idaite, 1st
- 1965, Illite series
- 1959, Ilmenite
- 1972, Imogolite
- 1933, Inesite, 3rd
- 1955, Interstratified minerals
- 1971, Interstratified minerals (Al-Chlorite/Mica), 1st
- 1957, Interstratified minerals (Chlorite/Montmorillonite), 1st
- 1974, Interstratified minerals (Chlorite/Saponite)
- 1983, Interstratified minerals (Chlorite/Sericite), 1st
- 1982, Interstratified minerals (Chlorite/Smectite)
- 1974, Interstratified minerals (Clinochlore/Montmorillonite)
- 1977, Interstratified minerals (Clinochlore/Saponite), 2nd
- 1973, Interstratified minerals (Illite/Montmorillonite)
- 1986, Interstratified minerals (Illite/Smectite), 2nd
- 1959, Interstratified minerals (Kaolin/Montmorillonite)
- 1981, Interstratified minerals (Mica/Smectite)
- 1960, Interstratified minerals (Sericite/Montmorillonite)
- 1974, Interstratified minerals (Sudoite/Montmorillonite), 3rd
- 1983, Interstratified minerals (Sericite/Smectite), 2nd
- 1974, Interstratified minerals (Sericite/Sudoite), 1st
- 1999, Isocubanite, 1st
- 1957, Labradorite
- 1970, Langite, 1st
- 1903, Laumontite, 1st
- 2000, Lautenthalite, 1st
- 2000, Leadhillite
- 1965, Leucoxene
- 1901, Libethenite, Corrected to Veszelyite in 1921.
- 1901, Linarite, 2nd
- 1983, Ludlamite, 2nd
- 1983, Luzonite
- 1957, Mackinawite
- 1982, Magnesio-hornblende
- 1893, Magnesite
- 1892, Magnetite
- 1893, Malachite
- 1897, Manganite, 1st
- 1896, Manganoan calcite, 1st
- 1894, Marcasite
- 1971, Mckinstryite, 1st
- 1898, Melanterite
- 1971, Meneghinite, 2nd
- 1962, Metatorbernite
- 1966, Miargyrite
- 1969, Millerite
- 1962, Mirabilite
- 1943, Molybdenite
- 1959, Monazite-(Ce)
- 1949, Montmorillonite
- 1961, Mordenite
- 2009, Munakataite, 2nd
- 1900, Muscovite
- 1961, Palygorskite
- 1971, Pargasite
- 1972, Pavonite, 2nd
- 1974, Pearceite
- 1968, Pentlandite
- 1959, Phlogopite
- 1969, Piemontite
- 1959, Pigeonite
- 1903, Plagioclase series
- 1973, Plancheite, 1st
- 1894, Polybasite
- 1965, Prehnite
- 1969, Proustite
- 1983, Pseudomalachite
- 1965, Pumpellyite-(Al)
- 1894, Pyrargyrite
- 1876, Pyrite
- 1899, Pyrolusite, 1st
- 1894, Pyromorphite, 2nd
- 1970, Pyrophyllite
- 1903, Pyroxene
- 1983, Pyroxmangite
- 1949, Pyrrhotite
- 1960, Ramsdellite
- 1980, Ranciéite, Rancieite
- 1916, Realgar
- 1986, Rectorite
- 1978, Renierite, 1st
- 1894, Rhodochrosite
- 1897, Rhodonite group
- 1930, Rutile
- 1921, Sanidine
- 1972, Saponite
- 1972, Scheelite
- 1972, Schirmerite
- 1983, Scorodite
- 1976, Sepiolite
- 1979, Sérandite, Serandite, 2nd
- 1916, Siderite
- 1895, Silver
- 1986, Smectite group
- 1908, Smithsonite
- 1885, Sphalerite, 3rd
- 1955, Spinel
- 1957, Stannite
- 1897, Stephanite
- 1983, Sternbergite
- 1918, Stilbite series
- 1964, Strengite, 3rd
- 1966, Stromeyerite
- 1961, Sudoite
- 1876, Sulphur
- 1973, Sulvanite, 1st
- 1983, Talc
- 1908, Tennantite series, 2nd
- 2020, Tennantite-(Zn), 1st
- 1896, Tenorite
- 1972, Tetradymite
- 1894, Tetrahedrite series
- 1962, Thenardite, 1st
- 1959, Thorogummite
- 2004, Tinticite, 2nd
- 1962, Titanaugite
- 1961, Titanite
- 1989, Tobermorite
- 1982, Todorokite
- 1959, Torbernite
- 1956, Tosudite, 2nd
- 1916, Tridymite
- 2008, Tschermakite
- 2009, Tsumebite, 1st
- 1973, Vaesite, 1st
- 1957, Valleriite
- 2004, Variscite
- 1932, Vermiculite
- 1921, Veszelyite
- 1973, Villamanínite, Villamaninite, 1st
- 1875, Vivianite, 2nd
- 1968, Orbicular rhyolite
- 1932, Accretionary lapilli
- 2001, Obsidian
- 1955, Perlite
- 1949, Potash-liparite
- 1969, Manganese nodule
- 1900, Phosphate nodule
- 1892, Limonite
- 1954, Wad
- 1908, Asbestos
- 1920, Phosphorite, Guano
- 1892, Soapstone, 1st
- 1923, Clay silicate
- 1916, Siliceous sinter
- 1891, Calcareous sinter (Travertine)
- 1969, Silicified wood
- 1918, Diatomite
- 1894, Coal
- 1897, Peat
- 1986, Charcoal
- 1892, Petroleum
- 1894, Asphalt, 1st