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Minerals reported from Ehime prefecture, Japan
- 490 mineral species (441 approved species, 49 varieties and groups), 15 geological substances
- First description in the world: 11 species.
- First description in Japan: 66 species
Mineral species and geological substances reported from Ehime 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 Ehime prefeture
- Previous works
- 18 approved species; Tsunashiro Wada, Nihon kobutsu-shi, Japan, 275p. (1904)
- 22 approved species; Kotora Jimbo, Nobuyo Fukuchi, and Tozo Takimoto, Nihon kobutsu-shi, 2nd ed., Japan, 357p. (1916)
- 404 species (Shikoku region); Tetsuo Minagawa, Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Ehime University, vol.2, pp.37-54 (1996)
- 338 species (327 approved species, 4 varieties and groups, 5 organic matters); Tetsuo Minagawa, Mineral species in Ehime prefecture, Chigaku Kenkyu, vol.46, no.4, pp.195-208 (1998)
- 450 species (Shikoku region); Tetsuo Minagawa, Daisuke Nishio, Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Ehime University, vol.9, pp.17-68 (2004)
- 475 species (Shikoku region); Tetsuo Minagawa, Daisuke Hamane, Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Ehime University, vol.13, pp.7-27 (2007)
- 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)
- 2000, Abswurmbachite, 1st
- 2004, Acanthite
- 1897, Actinolite
- 1986, Adularia
- 1931, Aegirine
- 1930, Aegirine-augite
- 1996, Agate
- 2004, Akhtenskite, 2nd
- 1957, Alabandite
- 1895, Albite
- 1924, Allanite-(Ce)
- 1999, Allanite-(Nd), 1st
- 1999, Allanite-(Y), 1st
- 1982, Alleghanyite
- 1996, Allophane
- 1895, Almandine
- 2020, Aluminosugilite, 1st
- 1994, Alunogen
- 1903, Amphibole supergroup
- 1962, Analcime
- 1986, Anatase
- 1907, Andalusite
- 1940, Andesine
- 1964, Andradite
- 1958, Anhydrite
- 1986, Ankerite
- 1998, Annabergite
- 1973, Annite
- 1895, Anorthite
- 1937, Anthophyllite
- 1926, Antigorite, 1st
- 1930, Apatite group, Mostly Fluorapatite
- 1963, Apophyllite group, Mostly Apophyllite-(KF)
- 1958, Apophyllite-(KF), 1st
- 1998, Apophyllite(KOH)
- 1998, Apophyllite-(NaF), 2nd
- 1897, Aragonite, 2nd
- 1986, Ardennite-(As), 2nd
- 1986, Ardennite-(V), 1st
- 1955, Argentite
- 1900, Arsenic, 3rd
- 1899, Arsenopyrite
- 1975, Artinite
- 1996, Atacamite
- 1896, Augite, 2nd
- 2018, Aurihydrargyrumite, 1st in the world
- 1957, Autunite
- 2004, Awaruite
- 1973, Axinite-(Fe)
- 1952, Axinite-(Mn)
- 1975, Azurite
- 2003, Baddeleyite
- 1998, Bannisterite
- 1983, Baratovite, 1st, as Katayamalite
- 1932, Baryte, Barite
- 1973, Barroisite
- 1976, Bastite
- 1998, Bastnäsite-(Ce), Bastnasite-(Ce)
- 1991, Bementite
- 1965, Berthierite
- 1996, Bianchite
- 1892, Biotite series
- 1969, Birnessite
- 1998, Bismuth
- 1998, Bismuthinite
- 1900, Bornite
- 1994, Botryogen, 1st
- 1973, Boulangerite
- 2021, Brandholzite, 1st
- 1952, Braunite
- 1996, Bravoite
- 2018, Britholite-(Ce)
- 1999, Britholite-(Y)
- 1961, Brochantite
- 1999, Brockite
- 1910, Bronzite
- 1986, Brookite
- 1973, Brucite
- 1975, Brugnatellite, 2nd
- 1982, Bustamite
- 1948, Bytownite
- 1887, Calcite
- 1998, Calderite, 1st
- 2003, Calzirtite, 2nd
- 1970, Carrollite, 3rd
- 1957, Caryopilite
- 1986, Cassiterite
- 1996, Celadonite
- 1992, Celsian
- 1999, Cerite-(Ce), 1st
- 1954, Cervantite, Corrected to Hydroxystibioroméite.
- 1963, Chabazite series
- 1963, Chabazite-Ca, 2nd
- 2004, Chabazite-Na, Herschelite
- 1998, Chabazite-K, 2nd
- 1898, Chalcanthite, 3rd
- 1963, Chalcedony
- 1937, Chalcocite
- 1887, Chalcopyrite
- 1954, Chalcostibite, 1st
- 1975, Chamosite
- 1892, Chlorite group, 2nd
- 1986, Chloritoid
- 1982, Chondrodite
- 2012, Chromio-pargasite, Type loc.
- 1917, Chromite
- 1973, Chrysocolla
- 1960, Chrysotile
- 1975, Churchite-(Y), 1st, as Weinschenkite
- 1897, Cinnabar
- 2015, Clinoatacamite, 1st
- 1980, Clinochlore
- 1975, Clinohumite
- 1996, Clinoptilolite series
- 1926, Clinozoisite, Thulite
- 1985, Clintonite
- 1975, Coalingite
- 1950, Cobaltite
- 1996, Cobaltpentlandite
- 1999, Columbite-(Mn), 2nd
- 2004, Copiapite
- 1892, Copper
- 2009, Coquandite, 1st
- 1923, Cordierite
- 1975, Corundum
- 1950, Covellite
- 1975, Cristobalite
- 1991, Crossite
- 1956, Cryptomelane
- 1963, Cummingtonite
- 1996, Cuprite
- 1996, Cymrite
- 2022, Dalyite, 1st
- 2002, Danburite
- 1957, Datolite
- 2005, Delafossite, 3rd
- 1996, Devilline
- 1960, Deweylite
- 1947, Diallage
- 2008, Diamond, 1st
- 2002, Diaspore
- 1996, Dickite
- 1937, Diopside
- 1998, Djurleite
- 1916, Dolomite
- 1939, Dravite, 1st
- 1996, Dypingite
- 1999, Edenite
- 2012, Ekanite, 1st
- 1937, Enstatite
- 1900, Epidote
- 1973, Epistilbite
- 1897, Epsomite, 2nd
- 2004, Erythrite
- 1952, Eudialyte, Corrected to Sugilite in 1976.
- 1974, Fayalite
- 1996, Feitknechtite
- 1892, Feldspar group
- 1924, Fergusonite-(Y)
- 2002, Ferrierite-K, 1st
- 1996, Ferrierite-Mg
- 1996, Ferrimolybdite
- 1992, Ferro-actinolite
- 1996, Ferro-anthophyllite, Proto-type?
- 2010, Ferro-barroisite, 1st
- 1996, Ferrobustamite
- 1965, Ferro-edenite
- 2004, Ferro-ferri-tschermakite, as Ferro-tschermakite in 1965.
- 1996, Ferrohexahydrite
- 2004, Ferro-hornblende
- 2010, Ferro-katophorite
- 1998, Ferro-pargasite
- 1997, Ferrosaponite
- 2004, Ferro-taramite
- 1992, Ferro-winchite
- 1984, Fluorapatite
- 1974, Fluorite
- 1996, Foitite
- 2002, Formanite-(Y), Corrected to Takanawaite-(Y) in 2012.
- 1895, Forsterite
- 1988, Franckeite, 3rd, Doubtful
- 2013, Fresnoite, 1st
- 1975, Fuchsite
- 1953, Gadolinite-(Y)
- 1988, Gageite
- 1982, Galaxite
- 1939, Galena
- 1955, Ganophyllite, 2nd
- 1892, Garnet group
- 1962, Gedrite, 3rd
- 1996, Gersdorffite
- 1998, Gibbsite
- 1996, Gismondine
- 1902, Glaucophane
- 1967, Goethite
- 1885, Gold
- 1988, Goldmanite, 1st
- 1996, Goslarite
- 1956, Graphite
- 1969, Greenalite
- 1996, Greenockite
- 1954, Grossular
- 1997, Gugiaite, 1st
- 1897, Gypsum
- 1984, Gyrolite
- 1971, Halloysite-7Å
- 1994, Halotrichite
- 1996, Harmotome
- 1996, Hastingsite
- 1952, Hausmannite
- 1998, Heazlewoodite
- 1974, Hedenbergite
- 1903, Hematite
- 1940, Hercynite, 3rd
- 1895, Heulandite series, 2nd
- 1963, Heulandite-Ca, 1st
- 2002, Heulandite-Ba, 1st
- 1980, Hexahydrite, 3rd
- 2004, Hibschite
- 1971, Hisingerite
- 1983, Hocartite, 3rd
- 1961, Hollandite, 2nd
- 1900, Hornblende series, Mostly Magnesio-hornblende
- 1996, Howieite
- 2004, Hübnerite, Hubnerite
- 1996, Humite
- 1977, Hyalite
- 1996, Hyalophane
- 1983, Hydroandradite
- 1975, Hydrogrossular
- 1975, Hydromagnesite
- 1977, Hydroxylapatite
- 1898, Hydroxystibioroméite, Hydroxystibioromeite, Stibiconite, 1st
- 1940, Hypersthene
- 1969, Illite series
- 1926, Ilmenite
- 1996, Imogolite
- 2010, Interstratified minerals (Chlorite/Talc), 1st
- 2004, Interstratified minerals (Mica/Montmorillonite)
- 1990, Interstratified minerals (Mica/Smectite)
- 1968, Interstratified minerals (Sudoite/Montmorillonite), 1st
- 2008, Irarsite
- 2004, Ixiolite, 1st
- 2015, Iyoite, Type loc.
- 1971, Jacobsite
- 2004, Jadeite
- 1898, Jamesonite
- 1980, Jarosite
- 1998, Jasper
- 1992, Johannsenite
- 2004, Joséite, Joseite
- 1992, Julgoldite-(Fe2+), 2nd
- 1978, Kaersutite
- 1983, Kainosite-(Y), 1st
- 1917, Kämmererite, Kammererite, 2nd
- 2017, Kannanite, 1st in the World
- 1964, Kaolinite
- 1979, Katophorite, 2nd
- 1991, Kellyite, 2nd
- 1983, Kenoargentotetrahedrite-(Fe)
- 1998, Kermesite
- 2009, Klebelsbergite, 1st
- 2011, Kobeite-(Y)
- 1981, Krauskopfite, 1st
- 1988, Kutnohorite
- 1923, Kyanite, 3rd
- 1985, Labradorite
- 1996, Langite
- 1963, Laumontite
- 1998, Lawsonite
- 1996, Lepidocrocite
- 1996, Lepidolite series
- 1999, Leucoxene
- 1977, Lévyne-Ca, Levyne-Ca, 2nd
- 1997, Lévyne-Na, Levyne-Na, 3rd
- 1996, Liandratite, 1st
- 1964, Linnaeite
- 1998, Lithiophorite
- 1998, Lizardite
- 1958, Mackinawite, as Valleriite
- 1958, Magnesio-arfvedsonite, 2nd
- 1996, Magnesiochromite
- 1959, Magnesioferrite, 1st
- 2006, Magnesio-hastingsite
- 1948, Magnesio-hornblende
- 1991, Magnesio-riebeckite
- 1987, Magnesiostaurolite, 1st
- 1916, Magnesite
- 1892, Magnetite
- 1949, Malachite
- 2005, Manganipiemontite-(Sr), 1st
- 1973, Manganite
- 1957, Manganoan calcite
- 1992, Mangano-cummingtonite, as Tirodite
- 1969, Mangano-grunerite
- 1952, Manganosite
- 1961, Marcasite
- 1980, Margarite
- 1992, Marsturite
- 1999, Masutomilite, 3rd
- 2011, Maucherite
- 1994, Melanterite
- 1900, Mercury
- 1998, Mesolite
- 1937, Microcline
- 1987, Millerite
- 2015, Misakiite, Type loc.
- 1963, Molybdenite
- 2010, Momoiite, Type loc.
- 1961, Monazite-(Ce)
- 1938, Montmorillonite
- 1963, Mordenite
- 1995, Mozartite, 1st
- 2018, Murakamiite, 1st in the world
- 1892, Muscovite, 3rd
- 1996, Nakauriite
- 1981, Nambulite
- 1996, Natrojarosite
- 1963, Natrolite
- 1992, Natronambulite, 2nd
- 1992, Neltnerite, 2nd
- 1952, Neotocite
- 1996, Nesquehonite
- 2008, Nickel, 2nd
- 2002, Nickeline
- 2001, Noelbensonite, 2nd
- 1996, Nontronite
- 1979, Norbergite, 1st
- 2013, Norrishite, 1st
- 1969, Nsutite
- 1992, Okhotskite
- 1930, Oligoclase
- 1922, Omphacite, 1st
- 1977, Opal
- 2008, Orcelite, 1st
- 1902, Orthoclase
- 1893, Osmium, as Iridosmine
- 2011, Oxycalciobetafite
- 1996, Palygorskite
- 1960, Paragonite, 3rd
- 1975, Pargasite
- 1944, Pectolite
- 1991, Pennantite, 2nd
- 1976, Pentlandite
- 2021, Peretaite, 1st
- 1984, Perovskite
- 1999, Petscheckite, 1st
- 1972, Phengite series, 2nd
- 1996, Phillipsite-Ca
- 2002, Phillipsite-K, 2nd
- 1926, Phlogopite, 1st
- 1980, Pickeringite
- 1888, Piemontite
- 1991, Piemontite-(Sr), 3rd
- 1902, Plagioclase series
- 1996, Plombièrite, Plombierite, 3rd
- 1996, Polydymite
- 1996, Posnjakite
- 1984, Potassic-ferro-sadanagaite, Type loc.
- 2003, Potassic-pargasite, 2nd
- 1984, Potassic-sadanagaite, 1st
- 1976, Powellite
- 1958, Prehnite
- 2004, Proto-ferro-anthophyllite
- 1973, Pumpellyite-(Al)
- 2004, Pumpellyite-(Fe2+)
- 1996, Pumpellyite-(Mg)
- 1996, Pumpellyite-(Mn2+)
- 1875, Pyrite
- 1975, Pyroaurite
- 1992, Pyrochroite
- 1971, Pyrolusite
- 1937, Pyrope, 1st
- 1982, Pyrophanite
- 2004, Pyrosmalite-(Mn)
- 1894, Pyroxene
- 1968, Pyroxmangite
- 1916, Pyrrhotite
- 1956, Ramsdellite, The possibility of misidentification was pointed out in 1961.
- 1973, Ranciéite, Rancieite
- 2004, Rhabdophane-(Ce), 1st
- 1988, Rhabdophane-(Nd), 1st
- 1952, Rhodochrosite
- 1932, Rhodonite group
- 1983, Rhodostannite, 1st
- 1991, Ribbeite, 1st
- 1969, Richterite
- 1976, Riebeckite
- 1998, Romanechite
- 1996, Rozenite
- 1902, Rutile
- 2004, Sadanagaite
- 1957, Samarskite-(Y)
- 1979, Sanbornite, 1st
- 1963, Sanidine
- 1996, Saponite
- 1996, Scapolite series, Mostly Marialite
- 1963, Scheelite
- 1905, Schorl
- 1977, Scolecite
- 1973, Scorodite
- 1996, Sekaninaite
- 1996, Sepiolite
- 1979, Sérandite, Serandite, 3rd
- 1888, Serpentine, 2nd
- 1996, Serpierite
- 1896, Siderite
- 1996, Siderotil
- 2004, Siegenite
- 1984, Sillimanite
- 1996, Silver
- 1997, Smectite group
- 2012, Sogdianite, 1st
- 1982, Sonolite
- 1947, Spessartine
- 1913, Sphalerite
- 1953, Spinel, The description in 1940 was corrected to Hercynite.
- 1961, Stannite
- 1987, Staurolite
- 2002, Stellerite
- 1996, Stevensite
- 1875, Stibnite, 1st
- 1963, Stilbite series
- 1963, Stilbite-Ca
- 1952, Stilpnomelane
- 1998, Strontiomelane, 2nd
- 1975, Sugilite, Type loc., as Eudialyte in 1952.
- 1996, Sulphur
- 1987, Sursassite, 1st
- 1992, Sussexite
- 1977, Szaibélyite, Szaibelyite, 2nd
- 1996, Tacharanite
- 2012, Takanawaite-(Y), Type loc., as Formanite-(Y) in 2002.
- 1970, Takanelite, 2nd
- 1895, Talc
- 2004, Tamaite, 2nd
- 1996, Taneyamalite
- 1999, Taramite, 2nd
- 1953, Tengerite-(Y)
- 1986, Tennantite series
- 1952, Tephroite
- 1904, Tetrahedrite series
- 1978, Thalénite-(Y), Thalenite-(Y), 3rd
- 2017, Theophrastite, 1st
- 1975, Thomsonite-Ca
- 2009, Thorianite, 1st
- 1983, Thorite
- 1953, Thorogummite, 3rd
- 1992, Tinzenite
- 1975, Titanaugite
- 1926, Titanite
- 1982, Tobelite, Type loc.
- 1996, Tobermorite
- 1969, Todorokite
- 1968, Tosudite
- 1902, Tourmaline supergrouup
- 1958, Tremolite
- 1987, Tridymite
- 2004, Tripuhyite, 3rd
- 1988, Troilite
- 2006, Tschermakite
- 1899, Valentinite, 1st
- 1958, Valleriite
- 1895, Vermiculite, 1st
- 1935, Vesuvianite
- 1998, Violarite
- 2020, Vittinkiite, 1st
- 1992, Vuorelainenite, 1st
- 2004, Wairauite
- 2011, Wakefieldite-(La), 1st
- 2011, Wakefieldite-(Y), 1st
- 2018, Weishanite, 1st
- 1992, Winchite
- 1996, Wiserite
- 1935, Wollastonite
- 1892, Limonite
- 1900, Asbestos
- 1987, Garnierite
- 1900, Stalactite
- 1974, Phosphorite, Guano
- 1997, Calcareous sinter (Tufa)
- 1974, Dendrite
- 1996, Amber
- 1900, Coal
- 1964, Charcoal
- 1998, Petroleum
- 1996, Asphalt