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Minerals reported from Chiba prefecture, Japan
- 133 mineral species (111 approved species, 22 varieties and groups), 9 geological substances
- First description in the world: 2 species.
- First description in Japan: 2 species
Mineral species and geological substances reported from Chiba 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 Chiba prefeture
- Previous works
- 2 approved species; Tsunashiro Wada, Nihon kobutsu-shi, Japan, 275p. (1904)
- 3 species (2 approved species, an organic matter); Kotora Jimbo, Nobuyo Fukuchi, and Tozo Takimoto, Nihon kobutsu-shi, 2nd ed., Japan, 357p. (1916)
- 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)
- 1965, Actinolite
- 1988, Aegirine-augite
- 1982, Agate
- 1965, Albite
- 1986, Allanite-(Ce)
- 2007, Almandine
- 1959, Amphibole supergroup
- 1938, Analcime
- 1972, Andesine
- 2008, Anorthite
- 2010, Anthophyllite
- 1952, Antigorite
- 1968, Apatite group, Mostly Fluorapatite
- 1938, Apophyllite group, Mostly Apophyllite-(KF)
- 1982, Apophyllite(KOH)
- 1929, Aragonite
- 2008, Artinite
- 1991, Atacamite
- 1941, Augite
- 1972, Awaruite
- 1953, Calcite
- 2008, Celadonite
- 1938, Chabazite series
- 1993, Chalcedony
- 1968, Chalcopyrite
- 2009, Chevkinite-(Ce), 2nd
- 2011, Chibaite, Type loc.
- 1965, Chlorite group
- 1972, Chromite
- 1978, Chrysotile
- 2011, Clinoptilolite series
- 1982, Clinozoisite, Thulite
- 1987, Copiapite
- 1972, Copper
- 2003, Cordierite
- 1980, Cummingtonite
- 2009, Galena
- 1962, Garnet group
- 2010, Gedrite
- 1974, Glauconite series
- 1972, Goethite
- 1962, Gold
- 1959, Grossular
- 1987, Gypsum
- 1972, Gyrolite, 3rd
- 1987, Halite
- 1972, Heazlewoodite
- 1962, Hematite
- 2002, Heulandite series
- 1972, Hibschite, 1st
- 2000, Hisingerite
- 1897, Hornblende series, Mostly Magnesio-hornblende
- 1972, Hydrogrossular, as Hydrogarnet
- 2000, Hydromagnesite
- 2000, Hydrotalcite
- 1893, Hypersthene
- 2008, Magnesiochromite
- 1944, Magnesio-hornblende
- 1916, Magnetite
- 1990, Mangano-cummingtonite, as Tirodite
- 2011, Melanophlogite, 1st
- 1892, Mercury
- 1968, Microcline
- 1978, Mirabilite
- 2009, Monazite-(Ce)
- 1987, Montmorillonite
- 2008, Mordenite
- 1962, Muscovite
- 1990, Pargasite
- 1965, Pectolite
- 1972, Pentlandite
- 2002, Phillipsite-Ca
- 1970, Phlogopite
- 1988, Piemontite
- 1959, Plagioclase series
- 1965, Prehnite
- 1988, Pumpellyite-(Al)
- 1986, Pyrite
- 2000, Pyroaurite
- 1972, Pyrolusite
- 1893, Pyroxene
- 1988, Pyrrhotite
- 2024, Tacharanite, 9th
- 1900, Talc
- 1987, Thenardite
- 1982, Thomsonite-Ca
- 1976, Titanaugite
- 1968, Titanite
- 1971, Tobermorite, 3rd
- 1982, Tremolite
- 1990, Accretionary lapilli
- 1962, Limonite
- 1972, Garnierite
- 1974, Stalactite
- 1980, Umber, 2nd
- 1900, Amber
- 1924, Peat
- 1902, Petroleum, Doubtful