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Minerals reported from Fukui prefecture, Japan
- 212 mineral species (181 approved species, 31 varieties and groups), 16 geological substances
- First description in the world: 2 species.
- First description in Japan: 9 species
Mineral species and geological substances reported from Fukui 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 Fukui prefeture
- Previous works
- 16 approved species; Tsunashiro Wada, Nihon kobutsu-shi, Japan, 275p. (1904)
- 25 approved species; Kotora Jimbo, Nobuyo Fukuchi, and Tozo Takimoto, Nihon kobutsu-shi, 2nd ed., Japan, 357p. (1916)
- 60 species (51 approved species, 8 varieties, an organic matter); Shinmatsu Ichikawa, Minerals of Fukui-ken, Ichikawa Mineral Laboratory, Japan, 71p. (1933)
- 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)
- 1942, Actinolite
- 1968, Adularia
- 2004, Aegirine
- 1933, Agate
- 1974, Alabandite
- 1959, Albite
- 1960, Allanite-(Ce)
- 1986, Alleghanyite
- 1972, Almandine
- 1968, Amphibole supergroup
- 1972, Andalusite
- 1972, Andesine
- 1942, Andradite
- 1904, Anglesite
- 2011, Antigorite
- 1942, Apatite group, Mostly Fluorapatite
- 1969, Aragonite
- 1932, Argentite
- 1893, Arsenic, 1st
- 1947, Arsenolite
- 1891, Arsenopyrite
- 1993, Atacamite
- 1942, Augite
- 1987, Azurite
- 1933, Baryte, Barite
- 1941, Bastite
- 1942, Biotite series
- 1894, Bismuth, 3rd
- 1942, Bismuthinite
- 1891, Bornite
- 1993, Botallackite, 1st
- 1965, Braunite
- 1993, Brochantite
- 1979, Bronzite
- 1941, Brucite
- 1962, Bustamite
- 1972, Bytownite
- 1894, Calcite
- 1979, Canfieldite
- 1895, Cerussite
- 1994, Chabazite series
- 1895, Chalcedony
- 2010, Chalcoalumite, 3rd
- 1891, Chalcocite, 1st
- 1876, Chalcopyrite
- 1972, Chamosite
- 1929, Chlorite group
- 1954, Chloritoid
- 1923, Chromite
- 1895, Chrysocolla
- 2009, Chrysotile
- 1991, Cinnabar
- 1942, Clinozoisite, Thulite
- 1894, Copper
- 1895, Cordierite
- 1942, Covellite
- 1982, Crossite
- 1986, Cummingtonite
- 1894, Cuprite
- 1974, Feitknechtite
- 1929, Feldspar group
- 1960, Fergusonite-(Y)
- 1982, Ferro-gedrite, 3rd
- 2020, Ferrorhodonite, 1st
- 2012, Ferrosaponite
- 1894, Fluorite
- 1933, Forsterite
- 1974, Galaxite
- 1876, Galena
- 1982, Galenobismutite
- 1908, Garnet group
- 2011, Gersdorffite
- 1963, Gibbsite
- 1982, Glaucophane
- 1993, Goethite
- 1933, Gold
- 2007, Goldmanite
- 1933, Graphite
- 1903, Greenockite, 1st
- 1916, Grossular
- 1978, Gustavite, 2nd
- 1933, Gypsum
- 1963, Halloysite-7Å
- 1969, Hausmannite
- 1942, Hedenbergite
- 1987, Hematite
- 1895, Hemimorphite, 2nd
- 1904, Heulandite series
- 1894, Hornblende series, Mostly Magnesio-hornblende
- 1949, Hydrozincite
- 1994, Hypersthene
- 1988, Mackinawite
- 1986, Magnesio-hornblende
- 2004, Magnesio-riebeckite
- 1968, Magnesite
- 1895, Magnetite
- 1891, Malachite, 2nd
- 1985, Manganite
- 1986, Manganoan calcite
- 1974, Mangano-cummingtonite
- 1947, Manganosite
- 1895, Marcasite
- 1987, Mawsonite
- 1982, Millerite
- 1987, Mogánite, Moganite
- 1895, Molybdenite
- 2010, Momoiite, Type loc.
- 1959, Monazite-(Ce)
- 1986, Montmorillonite
- 1953, Mordenite
- 1900, Muscovite
- 1999, Pargasite
- 1986, Pennantite, 1st
- 1969, Phlogopite
- 1933, Plagioclase series
- 1942, Prehnite
- 1969, Pumpellyite-(Al)
- 1952, Pyrargyrite
- 1876, Pyrite
- 1974, Pyrochroite
- 1895, Pyromorphite
- 1986, Pyrophanite
- 1918, Pyroxene
- 1918, Pyrrhotite
- 1942, Scheelite
- 1961, Scorodite
- 1900, Serpentine
- 1983, Siderite
- 2011, Siegenite
- 1972, Sillimanite
- 1891, Silver
- 1992, Smectite group
- 1908, Smithsonite
- 1974, Sonolite
- 1974, Spessartine
- 1891, Sphalerite
- 1969, Spinel, as Chromian spinel
- 1979, Stannite
- 1987, Stannoidite
- 1976, Staurolite
- 1895, Stibnite
- 1895, Stilbite series, 2nd
- 1982, Stilpnomelane
- 1892, Sulphur
- 1980, Sussexite
- 1941, Talc
- 1987, Tennantite series
- 1894, Tenorite, 3rd
- 1964, Tephroite
- 1895, Tetrahedrite series
- 1979, Titanaugite
- 1929, Titanite
- 1954, Tourmaline supergrouup
- 1942, Tremolite
- 1929, Orbicular igneous rocks
- 1933, Orbicular rhyolite
- 1979, Accretionary lapilli
- 1933, Obsidian
- 1997, Orthoquartzite
- 1895, Limonite
- 1963, Laterite
- 1939, Garnierite
- 1933, Stalactite
- 1933, Soapstone
- 1933, Calcareous sinter (Travertine)
- 1933, Dendrite