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Minerals reported from Gifu prefecture, Japan
- 368 mineral species (332 approved species, 36 varieties and groups), 18 geological substances
- First description in the world: 3 species.
- First description in Japan: 65 species
Mineral species and geological substances reported from Gifu 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 Gifu prefeture
- Previous works
- 41 species (39 approved species, 2 varieties); Tsunashiro Wada, Nihon kobutsu-shi, Japan, 275p. (1904)
- 56 species (51 approved species, 5 varieties); 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)
- 1885, Actinolite, 1st
- 1933, Adularia
- 1990, Aegirine
- 1998, Aeschynite-(Y), 2nd
- 1986, Agardite-(Y), 2nd
- 1892, Agate
- 1976, Aikinite
- 1955, Alabandite
- 1895, Albite
- 1933, Allanite-(Ce)
- 1990, Alleghanyite
- 1979, Allophane
- 1885, Almandine, 1st
- 1895, Amphibole supergroup
- 1966, Analcime
- 1939, Anatase
- 1904, Andalusite
- 1976, Andersonite, 1st
- 1952, Andesine
- 1965, Andradite
- 1896, Anglesite, 3rd
- 1956, Ankerite
- 1934, Annite, 3rd
- 1980, Anorthite
- 1939, Anthophyllite
- 1996, Antigorite
- 1885, Apatite group, Mostly Fluorapatite, 1st
- 1932, Apophyllite group, Mostly Apophyllite-(KF)
- 1932, Apophyllite(KOH), 2nd
- 1947, Aragonite
- 1900, Argentite
- 1976, Argentojarosite, 1st
- 1965, Arsenic
- 1885, Arsenopyrite, 3rd
- 2003, Aspidolite, Type loc.
- 1949, Augite
- 1947, Aurichalcite
- 1938, Autunite
- 1956, Axinite-(Fe)
- 1964, Axinite-(Mn)
- 1892, Azurite
- 1892, Baryte, Barite
- 1996, Bastnäsite-(Ce), Bastnasite-(Ce)
- 2006, Bazzite, 1st
- 1990, Bementite
- 1963, Berthierite
- 1967, Bertrandite, 1st
- 1885, Beryl, 1st
- 1967, β-uranophane
- 1990, Beudantite
- 1892, Biotite series
- 1915, Bismite, 1st
- 1915, Bismuth
- 1917, Bismuthinite
- 1915, Bismutite, 1st
- 1894, Bornite
- 2010, Boulangerite
- 1934, Bournonite, 2nd
- 1954, Braunite
- 1960, Britholite-(Y), 2nd, as Abukumalite
- 1901, Brochantite, 1st
- 1993, Bronzite
- 1996, Brookite
- 1951, Brucite
- 1978, Bustamite
- 1989, Cacoxenite
- 1885, Calcite, 2nd
- 1977, Canfieldite
- 1976, Cannizzarite, 1st
- 1969, Caryopilite, as Bementite
- 1885, Cassiterite, 3rd
- 2003, Celadonite
- 1892, Cerussite, 2nd
- 1954, Cervantite, Synonym of Hydroxystibioroméite
- 1936, Chabazite series
- 1896, Chalcedony
- 2002, Chalcoalumite, 2nd
- 1957, Chalcocite
- 1875, Chalcopyrite
- 1987, Chamosite
- 1904, Chlorite group
- 1951, Chondrodite, 1st
- 1899, Chrysoberyl, 1st
- 1885, Chrysocolla, 1st
- 1899, Chrysotile, 1st
- 1953, Cinnabar
- 1991, Clinochlore
- 1969, Clino-ferro-suenoite, as Dannemorite
- 1963, Clinohumite
- 1965, Clinoptilolite series
- 1979, Clino-suenoite, as Mangano-cummingtonite
- 1960, Clinozoisite, Thulite
- 2012, Clintonite
- 1979, Cobaltite
- 1959, Coffinite
- 1939, Columbite-(Fe)
- 1885, Copper, 2nd
- 1899, Cordierite
- 1892, Corundum, 1st
- 1976, Cosalite
- 1990, Covellite
- 1965, Cristobalite
- 1973, Cubanite
- 1990, Cummingtonite
- 1885, Cuprite, 1st
- 1982, Elbaite
- 1955, Electrum
- 1956, Enalite, 1st
- 1894, Epidote
- 1993, Erionite series
- 1947, Erythrite
- 2011, Euclase, 1st
- 1959, Euxenite-(Y)
- 1934, Fayalite, 2nd
- 1895, Feldspar group
- 1917, Ferberite
- 1894, Fergusonite-(Y), 1st
- 1932, Ferrimolybdite
- 1982, Ferro-actinolite
- 1936, Ferro-anthophyllite, 1st
- 1964, Ferrobustamite, 1st
- 1980, Ferro-gedrite, 2nd
- 1998, Ferro-hornblende
- 1986, Ferro-pargasite
- 1962, Fluorapatite
- 1892, Fluorite
- 1951, Forsterite
- 1933, Gadolinite-(Y), 2nd
- 2009, Gageite
- 1980, Gahnite
- 1875, Galena
- 1976, Galenobismutite, 1st
- 1990, Ganophyllite
- 1896, Garnet group
- 1976, Geikielite, 2nd
- 1968, Gibbsite
- 1978, Goethite
- 1892, Gold
- 1885, Goslarite, 1st
- 1892, Graphite
- 1925, Greenockite
- 1979, Grossular
- 1982, Gustavite, 3rd
- 1900, Gypsum
- 1991, Haapalaite, 1st
- 1967, Halloysite-7Å
- 1948, Halloysite-10Å
- 1973, Hastingsite
- 1952, Hausmannite
- 1982, Hawleyite, 2nd
- 1904, Hedenbergite
- 1987, Hellandite-(Y), 1st
- 2008, Helvine
- 1889, Hematite
- 1892, Hemimorphite, 1st
- 1960, Hercynite
- 1965, Heulandite series
- 1987, Hingganite-(Ce), Type loc.
- 1987, Hingganite-(Y), 1st
- 1977, Hocartite, 1st
- 1896, Hornblende series, Mostly Magnesio-hornblende
- 1939, Hyalite
- 1991, Hydrotalcite
- 1954, Hydroxystibioroméite, Hydroxystibioromeite, Stibiconite
- 1885, Hydrozincite, 1st
- 1910, Hypersthene
- 1988, Ikunolite, 3rd
- 1965, Illite series
- 1939, Ilmenite
- 1932, Ilsemannite, 3rd
- 1894, Ilvaite
- 1965, Interstratified minerals
- 1974, Interstratified minerals (Chlorite/Montmorillonite)
- 1970, Interstratified minerals (Illite/Montmorillonite)
- 1996, Kainosite-(Y), 2nd
- 1985, Kamiokite, Type loc.
- 2013, Kamphaugite-(Y), 3rd
- 1944, Kaolinite
- 1960, Kasolite, 2nd
- 1934, Kenoargentotetrahedrite-(Fe), 1st
- 1978, Kermesite
- 1977, Kësterite, Kesterite, 1st
- 1958, Koechlinite, 2nd
- 1982, Krupkaite, 2nd
- 1949, Labradorite
- 1985, Laihunite, 3rd
- 1939, Laumontite
- 1955, Lepidocrocite
- 1939, Lepidolite series
- 2009, Leucophoenicite, 3rd
- 1976, Liebigite
- 1982, Lillianite
- 1895, Linarite, 1st
- 2002, Lindströmite, Lindstromite, 1st
- 1890, Lithiophorite, 2nd
- 1954, Löllingite, Lollingite, 1st
- 1991, Ludwigite
- 1973, Mackinawite
- 1991, Magnesioferrite
- 1998, Magnesio-hornblende
- 1947, Magnesite
- 1892, Magnetite
- 1885, Malachite, 1st
- 1952, Manganite
- 1904, Manganoan calcite
- 1947, Manganosite
- 1901, Marcasite
- 1990, Marsturite, 1st
- 1975, Masutomilite, 2nd
- 1965, Matildite, The description in 1936 was denied in 1994.
- 1961, Metatorbernite, 3rd
- 1969, Metauranocircite, 1st
- 1885, Microcline, 1st
- 1996, Milarite, 2nd
- 1943, Mimetite, 3rd
- 1992, Mixite, 1st
- 1987, Mogánite, Moganite, as Lutecite
- 1895, Molybdenite
- 1916, Monazite-(Ce)
- 1954, Montmorillonite
- 1990, Montroseite, 1st
- 1965, Mordenite
- 1895, Muscovite
- 1967, Palygorskite
- 1992, Parasymplesite, 3rd
- 1992, Pargasite
- 1988, Pavonite
- 1988, Pectolite
- 1991, Pentlandite
- 1988, Periclase, 2nd
- 1990, Pharmacosiderite
- 1968, Phenakite
- 1990, Philipsbornite, 2nd
- 1993, Phillipsite-Ca
- 1951, Phlogopite
- 1968, Phosphuranylite
- 2012, Pigeonite
- 1913, Plagioclase series
- 1987, Polybasite
- 1989, Potassic-ferro-pargasite, 1st
- 1988, Potassic-ferro-sadanagaite, 2nd
- 1989, Potassic-pargasite, 1st
- 1956, Prehnite
- 1998, Proto-ferro-anthophyllite, 1st
- 1937, Protolitionite, 2nd
- 1981, Proustite
- 1978, Pumpellyite-(Al)
- 1908, Pyrargyrite
- 1875, Pyrite
- 1916, Pyrolusite
- 1895, Pyromorphite
- 1955, Pyrophanite
- 1904, Pyroxene
- 1955, Pyroxmangite
- 1904, Pyrrhotite
- 1996, Sadanagaite, 1st
- 1932, Samarskite-(Y)
- 1992, Sanidine
- 1993, Saponite
- 1982, Sauconite, 1st
- 1943, Scapolite series, Mostly Marialite
- 1901, Scheelite
- 1936, Schirmerite, 1st
- 1885, Schorl
- 2001, Schwertmannite
- 1952, Scolecite
- 1973, Scorzalite, 1st
- 1997, Segnitite, 1st
- 1937, Sekaninaite
- 1974, Sepiolite
- 1900, Serpentine
- 1979, Serpierite
- 1955, Siderite
- 1952, Sillimanite
- 1894, Silver
- 1988, Smectite group
- 1885, Smithsonite, 1st
- 1996, Spangolite, 2nd
- 1952, Spessartine
- 1885, Sphalerite, 2nd
- 1937, Spinel
- 1962, Stannite
- 1977, Stephanite
- 1977, Stevensite
- 1892, Stibnite
- 1898, Stilbite series
- 1974, Stillwellite-(Ce), 1st
- 1985, Stilpnomelane
- 1977, Stokesite, 1st
- 1890, Sulphur
- 1992, Symplesite, 2nd
- 1954, Talc
- 1996, Tennantite series
- 1885, Tenorite, 1st
- 1952, Tephroite
- 1936, Tetrahedrite series
- 1993, Thomsonite-Ca, The description in 1910”N is corrected to Stilbite in 1939.
- 1947, Thorite, 1st
- 1904, Thorogummite, Doubtful
- 1896, Titanite
- 1992, Tochilinite, 2nd
- 1885, Topaz
- 1959, Torbernite
- 1975, Tosudite
- 1885, Tourmaline supergrouup
- 1952, Tremolite
- 1949, Tridymite
- 1978, Tripuhyite, 1st
- 1991, Troilite
- 1960, Tungstite
- 1950, Tyrolite, 1st
- 1968, Tyuyamunite, 2nd
- 1953, Valentinite
- 1991, Valleriite
- 1989, Variscite
- 1900, Vermiculite
- 1896, Vesuvianite
- 1952, Veszelyite, 2nd, as Kamiokalite
- 2003, Vivianite
- 1989, Volborthite, 1st
- 1966, Wairakite
- 1989, Wavellite
- 1896, Willemite, Corrected to Hemimorphite
- 1973, Wittichenite
- 1987, Wodginite, 1st
- 1885, Wolframite, Mostly Ferberite, 1st
- 1891, Wollastonite, 1st
- 2002, Woodwardite, 3rd
- 1941, Wulfenite, 2nd
- 1947, Orbicular igneous rocks
- 1964, Orbicular rhyolite
- 1971, Accretionary lapilli
- 2004, Obsidian
- 1975, Orthoquartzite
- 1975, Manganese nodule
- 1952, Phosphate nodule
- 1892, Limonite, ŠŒ“Sz
- 1900, Stalactite
- 1892, Calcareous sinter (Travertine), 2nd
- 1889, Dendrite
- 1901, Silicified wood
- 1901, Diatomite
- 1962, Amber
- 1900, Coal
- 1980, Peat
- 1986, Charcoal
- 1892, Petroleum