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Minerals reported from Fukuoka prefecture, Japan
- 351 mineral species (300 approved species, 51 varieties and groups), 21 geological substances
- First description in the world: 1 species.
- First description in Japan: 53 species
Mineral species and geological substances reported from Fukuoka 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 Fukuoka prefeture
- Previous works
- 20 approved species; Tsunashiro Wada, Nihon kobutsu-shi, Japan, 275p. (1904)
- 28 species (25 approved species, 3 varieties and groups); Kotora Jimbo, Nobuyo Fukuchi, and Tozo Takimoto, Nihon kobutsu-shi, 2nd ed., Japan, 357p. (1916)
- 152 species (134 approved species, 11 varieties and groups, 7 organic matters); Yohachi Okamoto, Fukuoka Kobutsu-shi, Nihon Kobutsu Shumino-kai, Japan, 208p. (1944)
- 219 species (203 approved species, 10 varieties and groups, 6 organic matters); Chugo Tsuji, Ryutaro Ogawa, Shoichi Yano, Tsunehisa Kimura, Noriyuki Kuwano, Shigehisa Tokumaru, Fukuokakensan Kobutsu-shi, Chigaku Kenkyu, vol.28, no.4-6, pp.121-148 (1977)
- 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
- 1900, Adularia, 1st
- 1961, Aegirine, as Urbanite
- 1961, Aegirine-augite, as Urbanite
- 1900, Agate
- 1955, Aguilarite, Corrected to Hessite in 1975.
- 1934, Albite
- 1977, Aleksite, 1st
- 1935, Allanite-(Ce)
- 1950, Allophane
- 1899, Almandine
- 1983, Alunite
- 1977, Amblygonite, The description in 1934 was corrected to Montebrasite.
- 1932, Amphibole supergroup
- 1944, Analcime
- 1939, Anatase
- 1932, Andalusite
- 1935, Andesine
- 1900, Andradite, 2nd
- 1944, Anglesite
- 1977, Anhydrite
- 1964, Anorthoclase
- 1951, Anthophyllite
- 1933, Antigorite
- 1904, Apatite group, Mostly Fluorapatite
- 1977, Apophyllite group, Mostly Apophyllite-(KF)
- 1944, Aragonite
- 1932, Argentite
- 1996, Argentopyrite, 3rd
- 1977, Arsenic
- 1977, Arsenolite
- 1939, Arsenopyrite
- 1975, Artinite
- 1904, Augite
- 1935, Autunite
- 1944, Axinite-(Fe)
- 1944, Azurite
- 2011, Balangeroite, 1st
- 1951, Bastite
- 1971, Bastnäsite-(Ce), Bastnasite-(Ce), 2nd
- 1937, Beidellite, 1st
- 2010, Berlinite, 1st
- 1977, Berthierite
- 1933, Beryl
- 1941, Betafite group, Corrected to Pyrochlore in 1944.
- 2012, Beyerite
- 1904, Biotite series
- 1900, Bismuth
- 1900, Bismuthinite, 2nd
- 1977, Bismutite
- 1960, Bismutomicrolite, 1st
- 1963, Bismutotantalite, 1st
- 1963, Blödite, Blodite, 1st
- 1950, Böhmite, Bohmite, 1st
- 1944, Bornite
- 1952, Boulangerite, 2nd
- 1955, Braunite
- 1977, Brochantite
- 1964, Bronzite
- 1944, Brucite
- 1975, Brugnatellite
- 1904, Bytownite, 3rd
- 1896, Calcite
- 1996, Carrollite
- 1969, Caryopilite
- 1976, Celadonite
- 1944, Cerussite
- 1944, Chabazite series
- 1982, Chabazite-Na, Herschelite, 3rd
- 1982, Chabazite-K, 1st
- 1944, Chalcanthite
- 1941, Chalcedony
- 1944, Chalcocite
- 1894, Chalcopyrite
- 2017, Cheralite, 1st
- 1906, Chlorite group
- 1897, Chromite
- 1944, Chrysocolla
- 1933, Chrysotile
- 2012, Clinobisvanite, 1st
- 1944, Clinochlore
- 1981, Clinoptilolite series
- 1990, Clinoptilolite-Ca, 3rd
- 1936, Clinozoisite, Thulite
- 1975, Coalingite, 1st
- 1952, Cobaltite
- 1941, Columbite-(Fe)
- 1960, Columbite-(Mn), Described as Tantalite-(Fe) in 1957.
- 1967, Cookeite, 1st
- 1944, Copper
- 1944, Cordierite
- 1959, Corrensite, 1st
- 1932, Corundum
- 1973, Cosalite
- 1942, Covellite
- 2014, Crandallite
- 1950, Cristobalite
- 1937, Crossite
- 1970, Cryptomelane
- 1952, Cubanite
- 1985, Cummingtonite
- 1906, Cuprite
- 1996, Cuprobismutite, 1st
- 1949, Cuprotungstite
- 1984, Desautelsite
- 1944, Descloizite, 1st
- 1997, Devilline
- 1944, Deweylite
- 1944, Diallage
- 1975, Diaspore
- 1990, Digenite, Doubtful
- 1904, Diopside, 1st
- 1916, Dolomite
- 1977, Dravite
- 1879, Elbaite, 1st
- 1961, Electrum
- 1955, Emplectite
- 1959, Enalite
- 1961, Enstatite
- 1903, Epidote
- 2011, Euclase, 1st
- 2012, Eulytine
- 1944, Euxenite-(Y)
- 1900, Feldspar group
- 1908, Ferberite, 3rd
- 1894, Fergusonite-(Y), 1st
- 1991, Ferrihydrite, 2nd
- 2004, Ferro-anthophyllite
- 2002, Ferro-hornblende
- 2014, Fluorapatite
- 2011, Fluor-elbaite, 1st
- 1939, Fluorite
- 2011, Fluor-schorl, 1st
- 1904, Forsterite
- 1952, Fuchsite
- 1960, Gahnite, 2nd
- 1891, Galena
- 1899, Garnet group
- 1921, Gibbsite, 1st
- 1944, Glauconite series
- 1982, Gmelinite series, 2nd
- 1977, Gmelinite-Na, 1st
- 1977, Goethite
- 1885, Gold
- 2014, Goyazite, 3rd
- 1900, Graphite
- 1944, Greenockite
- 1900, Grossular
- 1977, Grunerite
- 1996, Gustavite
- 1937, Gypsum
- 1944, Halite, 3rd
- 1958, Halloysite-7Å
- 1950, Halloysite-10Å
- 1944, Halotrichite
- 1969, Hastingsite
- 2012, Hechtsbergite, 1st
- 1903, Hedenbergite
- 1889, Hematite
- 1944, Hemimorphite
- 1961, Hercynite, as Picotite
- 1974, Hessite
- 1950, Heterogenite, 1st, Doubtful
- 1936, Heulandite series
- 1937, Heulandite-Na, 1st
- 1963, Hexahydrite, 1st
- 1977, Hisingerite
- 2010, Hollandite
- 1904, Hornblende series, Mostly Magnesio-hornblende
- 1944, Hyalite
- 1964, Hydrobiotite
- 1975, Hydromagnesite
- 2004, Hydroxylapatite
- 1944, Hydroxystibioroméite, Hydroxystibioromeite, Stibiconite, 3rd
- 1904, Hypersthene
- 1952, Illite series, 2nd
- 1933, Ilmenite
- 1977, Ilsemannite
- 1899, Ilvaite
- 1959, Interstratified minerals (Chlorite/Montmorillonite), 1st
- 1974, Interstratified minerals (Chlorite/Saponite)
- 1998, Interstratified minerals (Chlorite/Smectite)
- 1959, Interstratified minerals (Chlorite/Vermiculite)
- 1974, Interstratified minerals (Illite/Montmorillonite)
- 2005, Interstratified minerals (Illite/Smectite)
- 1983, Interstratified minerals (Sericite/Montmorillonite)
- 1973, Interstratified minerals (Saponite/Vermiculite), 2nd
- 1994, Interstratified minerals (Sericite/Smectite)
- 1904, Labradorite
- 2014, Lacroixite, 1st
- 1936, Laumontite
- 1916, Lepidolite series
- 2004, Leucophosphite, 2nd
- 1935, Leucoxene
- 1975, Lévyne series, Levyne series
- 1955, Linarite
- 2017, Lithiophorite
- 1967, Lizardite
- 1958, Mackinawite, as Valleriite
- 1986, Magnesiochromite
- 1936, Magnesio-hornblende
- 1933, Magnesite
- 1892, Magnetite
- 1906, Malachite
- 1949, Manganite
- 1944, Marcasite
- 1977, Marialite
- 1944, Melanterite
- 1974, Melonite, 1st
- 1934, Microcline
- 1960, Microlite group, 1st
- 1987, Millerite
- 1954, Mimetite
- 1937, Mirabilite, 2nd
- 1899, Molybdenite
- 1933, Monazite-(Ce)
- 1934, Montebrasite, 1st
- 1937, Montmorillonite
- 2014, Morinite, 1st
- 2007, Munakataite, Type loc.
- 1900, Muscovite
- 1957, Palygorskite, 1st
- 1952, Pargasite
- 1987, Pentlandite
- 1945, Petalite, 1st
- 1974, Petzite
- 1975, Phillipsite-Ca
- 1927, Phlogopite, 2nd
- 1900, Piemontite
- 1964, Pigeonite
- 1933, Plagioclase series
- 2015, Pokrovskite, 1st
- 1970, Pollucite, 1st
- 1967, Polybasite
- 1955, Polycrase-(Y), 2nd
- 2000, Polylithionite, 1st
- 1969, Powellite, 3rd
- 1939, Prehnite
- 1994, Pseudomalachite
- 1902, Pyrargyrite
- 1891, Pyrite
- 1975, Pyroaurite
- 1944, Pyrochlore group, 2nd, as Betafite in 1941.
- 1944, Pyrolusite
- 1944, Pyromorphite
- 1983, Pyrophyllite
- 1904, Pyroxene
- 1894, Pyrrhotite
- 1962, Realgar
- 1944, Rhodochrosite
- 1944, Rhodonite group
- 1969, Richterite
- 2017, Robertsite, 1st
- 2011, Rossmanite, 1st
- 1899, Rutile, 3rd
- 1937, Salammoniac
- 1932, Samarskite-(Y)
- 1957, Saponite
- 1896, Scheelite, 3rd
- 1933, Schorl
- 1937, Sekaninaite
- 1944, Sénarmontite, Senarmontite, 2nd
- 1954, Sepiolite, 1st
- 1897, Serpentine
- 1944, Siderite
- 1977, Siderotil
- 1981, Siegenite
- 1944, Sillimanite
- 1952, Silver
- 1997, Smectite group
- 1955, Smithsonite
- 1944, Spessartine
- 1891, Sphalerite
- 1933, Spinel, 3rd
- 2001, Stibiotantalite, 2nd
- 1917, Stibnite
- 2016, Stichtite, 1st
- 1944, Stilbite series
- 1944, Stilbite-Ca, 1st
- 1944, Stilbite-Na, 1st
- 1975, Stilpnomelane
- 1955, Stützite, Stutzite, 1st
- 1937, Sulphur
- 1989, Sylvanite
- 2000, Synchysite-(Ce)
- 1987, Szaibélyite, Szaibelyite, 3rd
- 1933, Talc
- 1957, Tantalite-(Fe), Corrected to Columbite-(Mn) in 1960.
- 1970, Tantalite-(Mn), 2nd
- 2004, Taranakite
- 1952, Tenorite
- 1944, Tephroite
- 1961, Tetradymite
- 1944, Tetrahedrite series
- 1944, Thomsonite-Ca
- 1982, Thorite
- 1968, Thorogummite
- 1961, Titanaugite
- 1906, Titanite
- 1934, Topaz
- 1936, Torbernite, 2nd
- 1912, Tourmaline supergrouup
- 1933, Tremolite
- 1944, Tridymite
- 2000, Trilithionite, 1st
- 2010, Triplite, 2nd
- 2004, Tschermakite
- 1944, Tungstite
- 1958, Valleriite
- 1977, Vanadinite, 1st
- 2004, Variscite
- 2010, Vashegyite
- 1964, Vermiculite
- 1935, Vesuvianite
- 2014, Viitaniemiite, 1st
- 2003, Violarite
- 1944, Vivianite
- 1974, Volynskite, 1st
- 2014, Wardite, 1st
- 2012, Waylandite, 3rd
- 1952, Wittichenite
- 1899, Wolframite, Mostly Ferberite, 3rd
- 1900, Wollastonite
- 1944, Wulfenite, 3rd
- 1944, Wurtzite
- 1954, Orbicular igneous rocks
- 1992, Accretionary lapilli
- 2004, Obsidian
- 1950, Bauxite, 2nd
- 1904, Limonite
- 1997, Wad
- 1900, Asbestos
- 1944, Marsh ore
- 1896, Stalactite
- 2004, Phosphorite, Guano
- 1950, Soapstone
- 1953, Clay silicate
- 1994, Siliceous sinter
- 1997, Calcareous sinter (Tufa)
- 1944, Dendrite
- 1900, Amber
- 1888, Coal
- 1944, Peat
- 1944, Charcoal
- 1892, Coke, 2nd