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Minerals reported from Hokkaido, Japan
- 573 mineral species (514 approved species, 61 varieties and groups), 29 geological substances
- First description in the world: 11 species.
- First description in Japan: 130 species
Mineral species and geological substances reported from Hokkaido 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 Hokkaido
- Previous works
- 15 species (14 approved species, a variety); Tsunashiro Wada, Nihon kobutsu-shi, Japan, 275p. (1904)
- 40 species (32 approved species, 6 varieties and groups, 2 organic matters); Kotora Jimbo, Nobuyo Fukuchi, and Tozo Takimoto, Nihon kobutsu-shi, 2nd ed., Japan, 357p. (1916)
- 124 species including varieties; Junpei Harada, Report of the Geological Survey of Hokkaido, no.7 (1935)
- 379 species (323 approved species, 56 varieties and groups); Junpei Harada, List of mineral species in Hokkaido, Report of the Geological Survey of Hokkaido, no.53, pp.109-120 (1981)
- ?; Junpei Harada, Geological Survey of Hokkaido, 327p. (1984)
- 228 species including varieties; Junpei Harada, Chigaku Kenkyu, vol.33, no.4-6, pp.135-145 (1983), and vol.34, no.1-6 (1984)
- 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)
- 1977, Acanthite
- 1928, Actinolite
- 1920, Adularia
- 1932, Aegirine
- 1931, Aegirine-augite
- 1979, Aenigmatite, 3rd
- 1891, Agate
- 1964, Aguilarite, 1st
- 1983, Aikinite
- 1935, Alabandite, 2nd
- 1901, Albite
- 1955, Allanite-(Ce)
- 1935, Allophane, 1st
- 1974, Almandine
- 1956, Altaite, 2nd
- 1892, Alum-(K)
- 1931, Alunite
- 1930, Alunogen
- 1944, Amesite, 1st
- 1927, Amphibole supergroup
- 1901, Analcime, 3rd
- 1952, Anatase
- 1950, Andalusite
- 1918, Andesine
- 1981, Andorite, 2nd
- 1968, Andradite
- 1941, Anglesite
- 1932, Anhydrite
- 1967, Ankerite
- 1982, Annabergite
- 1959, Annite
- 1902, Anorthite
- 1931, Anorthoclase
- 1955, Anthophyllite
- 1941, Antigorite
- 1975, Antlerite, 2nd
- 1902, Apatite group, Mostly Fluorapatite
- 1963, Aphthitalite, 1st
- 2005, Apophyllite group, Mostly Apophyllite-(KF)
- 1916, Aragonite
- 1985, Aramayoite, 2nd
- 1963, Arcanite, 1st
- 1975, Arfvedsonite
- 1894, Argentite
- 1951, Argyrodite, 1st
- 2021, Armenite, 1st
- 1947, Arsenic
- 1978, Arsenopalladinite, 1st
- 1938, Arsenopyrite
- 1970, Artinite, 1st
- 1908, Augite
- 1977, Aurichalcite
- 1967, Autunite
- 1989, Awaruite
- 1965, Axinite-(Fe)
- 1936, Azurite
- 1896, Baryte, Barite
- 1980, Barroisite
- 1994, Basssanite
- 1942, Bastite
- 1990, Bementite
- 1996, Benavidesite, 2nd
- 1987, Berndtite, 1st
- 1982, Berthierine
- 1979, Berthierite
- 1938, β-sulphur, 2nd
- 1979, Beyerite, 1st
- 1963, Bianchite, 1st
- 1989, Billingsleyite, 1st
- 1908, Biotite series
- 1943, Birnessite, 1st
- 1993, Bismuth
- 1943, Bismuthinite
- 1979, Bismutotantalite, 2nd
- 1995, Bixbyite, 3rd
- 1958, Böhmite, Bohmite
- 1920, Bornite
- 1968, Boulangerite
- 1953, Bournonite
- 2010, Boussingaultite, 1st
- 1981, Boyleite, 1st
- 1954, Braunite
- 1953, Bravoite
- 1960, Bronzite
- 1978, Brookite
- 1942, Brucite, 3rd
- 1981, Brugnatellite
- 1992, Buserite, 1st
- 1969, Bustamite
- 1934, Bytownite
- 1981, Calaverite
- 1891, Calcite
- 1951, Calomel, 2nd
- 1977, Canfieldite
- 1963, Carobbiite, 1st
- 1942, Carrollite, 1st
- 1957, Caryopilite
- 1951, Cassiterite
- 1964, Celadonite
- 1953, Cerussite
- 1916, Chabazite series
- 1981, Chabournéite, Chabourneite, 1st
- 1911, Chalcanthite
- 1916, Chalcedony
- 1930, Chalcocite
- 1980, Chalcophanite
- 1891, Chalcopyrite
- 1980, Chamosite
- 1924, Chlorargyrite
- 1902, Chlorite group
- 1899, Chloritoid, 2nd
- 1943, Chrome ochre
- 1896, Chromite
- 1942, Chrysocolla
- 1941, Chrysotile
- 1805, Cinnabar
- 1981, Clausthalite, 3rd
- 1928, Clinochlore, 2nd
- 1970, Clinoenstatite, 3rd
- 1962, Clinohumite
- 1961, Clinoptilolite series
- 1934, Clinozoisite, Thulite
- 1982, Clintonite
- 1981, Coalingite
- 1989, Cobaltite
- 1957, Cobaltpentlandite, 2nd
- 1989, Coloradoite, 3rd
- 1944, Colusite, 1st
- 1976, Cooperite, 1st
- 1958, Copiapite, 2nd
- 1917, Copper
- 1958, Coquimbite, 1st
- 1908, Cordierite
- 1980, Coronadite
- 1938, Corundum
- 1930, Covellite
- 1995, Crandallite, 3rd
- 2018, Creedite, 1st
- 1949, Cristobalite
- 1939, Crossite, 3rd
- 1957, Cryptomelane
- 1952, Cubanite
- 1944, Cummingtonite
- 1942, Cuprite
- 1967, Datolite
- 1984, Desautelsite
- 1993, Devilline
- 1958, Deweylite
- 1902, Diallage
- 1978, Diaphorite, 1st
- 1967, Diaspore
- 1966, Dickite
- 1962, Digenite
- 1926, Diopside
- 1896, Dolomite
- 1986, Donpeacorite, 1st
- 1986, Dravite
- 2004, Dypingite
- 1953, Dyscrasite, 1st
- 1980, Edenite
- 2010, Efremovite
- 1944, Elbaite, 3rd
- 1956, Electrum
- 1962, Emmonsite, 1st
- 1943, Emplectite
- 1942, Enargite
- 1959, Enstatite
- 1894, Epidote
- 1977, Epistilbite
- 1976, Epsomite
- 1951, Famatinite, 1st
- 1967, Fayalite
- 1893, Feldspar group
- 1981, Ferricopiapite, 2nd
- 1962, Ferrierite-Mg
- 1988, Ferro-glaucophane, 3rd
- 1978, Ferrohexahydrite, 3rd
- 1936, Ferro-hornblende
- 2020, Ferronickelplatinum, 1st
- 1957, Ferrosaponite
- 2007, Ferro-winchite
- 1981, Fizelyite, 1st
- 1995, Florencite-(Ce)
- 1979, Fluoborite
- 1942, Fluorapatite
- 1947, Fluorite
- 1909, Forsterite
- 1961, Freieslebenite
- 1989, Frohbergite, 1st
- 1967, Galaxite
- 1891, Galena
- 1902, Garnet group
- 1990, Garronite
- 1956, Gedrite, 2nd
- 2007, Geigerite, 2nd
- 1981, Geocronite, 1st
- 1968, Germanite
- 1962, Gersdorffite
- 1970, Getchellite, 1st
- 1968, Gibbsite
- 1928, Glauconite series
- 1902, Glaucophane
- 1897, Glendonite
- 2010, Godovikovite, 1st
- 1956, Goethite
- 1889, Gold
- 1943, Goldfieldite, 2nd
- 1958, Goslarite
- 1990, Goyazite, 1st
- 1891, Graphite, 1st
- 1938, Greenalite, 1st
- 1982, Greenockite
- 1940, Grossular
- 1959, Groutite
- 1958, Grunerite
- 1987, Gustavite
- 1891, Gypsum
- 1990, Hakite-(Hg)
- 1935, Halloysite-7Å, 2nd
- 1952, Halloysite-10Å
- 1962, Halotrichite
- 1997, Harmotome
- 1937, Hauerite, ?
- 1948, Hausmannite, 2nd
- 1993, Heazlewoodite
- 1963, Hedenbergite
- 1896, Hematite
- 1953, Hemimorphite
- 1953, Hercynite, as Picotite
- 1987, Herzenbergite
- 1939, Hessite
- 1965, Hetaerolite, 1st
- 1997, Heteromorphite
- 1965, Heulandite series
- 1977, Hexahydrite, 2nd
- 1981, Hidalgoite, 1st
- 1997, Hinsdalite, 2nd
- 1954, Hisingerite
- 1979, Hocartite
- 1964, Hollandite
- 1981, Hollingworthite, 1st
- 2020, Hongshiite, 1st
- 1918, Hornblende series, (Mostly magnesio-hornblende)
- 2008, Horomanite, Type loc.
- 1953, Hübnerite, Hubnerite
- 1997, Hutchinsonite, 1st
- 1984, Hydrobiotite
- 1983, Hydrogrossular
- 1957, Hydrohematite, 2nd
- 1981, Hydrohetaerolite, corrected to Hetaerolite in 2018.
- 1992, Hydromagnesite
- 1994, Hydroniumjarosite, 1st
- 1986, Hydroxylapatite
- 1982, Hydrozincite
- 1911, Hypersthene
- 1990, Idaite
- 1994, Ikaite, 1st
- 1974, Ilesite, 1st
- 1954, Illite series
- 1912, Ilmenite
- 1981, Imogolite
- 1932, Inesite, 2nd
- 1968, Interstratified minerals
- 1964, Interstratified minerals (Chlorite/Montmorillonite)
- 1981, Interstratified minerals (Chlorite/Saponite)
- 1985, Interstratified minerals (Chlorite/Smectite)
- 1995, Interstratified minerals (Glauconite/Smectite), 1st
- 1958, Interstratified minerals (Illite/Montmorillonite), 1st
- 1990, Interstratified minerals (Illite/Smectite)
- 1955, Interstratified minerals (Kaolin/Montmorillonite), 1st
- 1982, Interstratified minerals (Mica/Montmorillonite)
- 1976, Interstratified minerals (Mica/Smectite), 1st
- 1984, Interstratified minerals (Sericite/Montmorillonite)
- 1986, Interstratified minerals (Sericite/Smectite)
- 1976, Irarsite, 1st
- 2020, Iridarsenite, 1st
- 1936, Iridium, 1st
- 1981, Iron
- 2010, Isocubanite, 2nd
- 1976, Isoferroplatinum, 1st
- 1981, Jacobsite
- 1959, Jadeite
- 1995, Jalpaite
- 1952, Jamesonite
- 1920, Jarosite, 1st
- 1911, Jasper
- 1981, Johannsenite
- 1977, Jôkokuite, Jokokuite, Type loc.
- 1977, Kaersutite
- 2017, Kalgoorlieite, 1st
- 1940, Kämmererite, Kammererite
- 1976, Kanoite
- 1931, Kaolinite
- 1995, Kawazulite, 3rd
- 1952, Kenoargentotetrahedrite-(Fe)
- 1983, Kësterite, Kesterite, 3rd
- 1994, Kornelite, 1st
- 1944, Kornerupine, 1st
- 2007, Krautite, 1st
- 1939, Krennerite, corrected to Calaverite in 1981.
- 1968, Kutnohorite
- 2000, Kyanite
- 1908, Labradorite
- 1916, Laumontite
- 1978, Laurite, 1st
- 1938, Lawsonite, 1st
- 2018, Lead, 1st
- 1956, Lepidocrocite
- 1902, Leucoxene, 1st
- 1981, Linarite
- 1942, Linnaeite, 2nd
- 1960, Lithiophorite
- 1963, Lizardite, 1st
- 1986, Löllingite, Lollingite
- 1943, Luzonite, 1st
- 1998, Macfallite, 1st
- 1965, Mackinawite
- 1983, Madocite, 1st
- 1958, Maghemite
- 1947, Magnesiochromite, 1st
- 1980, Magnesioferrite
- 1982, Magnesio-hastingsite, 3rd
- 1942, Magnesio-hornblende
- 1975, Magnesio-riebeckite
- 1943, Magnesite
- 1889, Magnetite
- 1936, Malachite
- 1947, Maldonite, 1st
- 1978, Mallardite, 1st
- 1947, Manganite
- 1932, Manganoan calcite
- 1958, Mangano-cummingtonite
- 1915, Marcasite
- 1988, Margarite
- 1975, Matildite
- 1995, Mckinstryite
- 1955, Melanterite
- 1991, Melonite
- 1911, Mercury
- 2020, Mertieite-I, 1st
- 1974, Mesolite
- 1951, Metacinnabar
- 1991, Metatorbernite
- 1951, Miargyrite
- 1926, Microcline
- 1994, Mikasaite, Type loc.
- 1945, Millerite
- 1964, Mimetite
- 1997, Minamiite
- 1891, Minium
- 1930, Misenite
- 1917, Molybdenite
- 1930, Molysite
- 1959, Monazite-(Ce)
- 1993, Monohydrocalcite, 1st
- 1980, Montebrasite
- 1937, Montmorillonite
- 2010, Mooihoekite
- 1961, Mordenite
- 1902, Muscovite
- 1968, Nacrite
- 1961, Nagyágite, Nagyagite, 1st
- 1988, Natroalunite
- 1916, Natrolite
- 2004, Natron, 1st
- 1964, Naumannite, 3rd
- 2002, Nekrasovite, 1st
- 1942, Neotocite
- 2004, Nesquehonite
- 1956, Nickeline
- 1981, Ningyoite
- 1952, Nontronite
- 2004, Northupite, 1st
- 1963, Nsutite
- 1987, Okhotskite
- 1926, Oligoclase
- 1976, Omphacite
- 1901, Opal
- 1990, Orientite, 1st
- 1877, Orpiment, 2nd
- 1917, Orthoclase
- 1981, Osmiridium, 1st
- 1892, Osmium, 1st
- 1978, Osumilite
- 1978, Osumilite-(Mg)
- 1899, Ottrélite, Ottrelite, Corrected to Chlorioid.
- 1992, Owyheeite
- 1981, Palladium
- 1981, Palygorskite
- 1994, Paracoquimbite, 2nd
- 1980, Paragonite
- 1982, Pararammelsbergite, 2nd
- 1981, Paratellurite, 2nd
- 1956, Pargasite
- 1979, Pavonite
- 1960, Pearceite, 1st
- 1932, Pectolite, 1st
- 1937, Pentlandite, 2nd
- 1980, Perovskite
- 1933, Petzite, 2nd
- 1977, Phengite series
- 2005, Phillipsite-Ca
- 1968, Phlogopite
- 1958, Pickeringite, 2nd
- 1935, Piemontite
- 1986, Piemontite-(Sr), 2nd
- 1961, Pigeonite
- 1979, Pirquitasite, 1st
- 1908, Plagioclase series
- 1886, Platinum
- 1974, Plumbogummite
- 1981, Plumbojarosite, 1st
- 1944, Polybasite
- 1940, Polydymite, 1st
- 1996, Potosíite, Potosiite, 2nd
- 1990, Poughite, 1st
- 1914, Prehnite
- 1944, Prismatine, 1st
- 1928, Proustite, Probably Pyrargyrite
- 1938, Pumpellyite-(Al), 2nd
- 1986, Pumpellyite-(Fe2+), 2nd
- 1981, Pumpellyite-(Mn2+), 2nd
- 1911, Pyrargyrite
- 1891, Pyrite
- 1964, Pyroaurite, 1st
- 1899, Pyrolusite, 2nd
- 1944, Pyromorphite
- 2011, Pyrophanite
- 1954, Pyrophyllite
- 1902, Pyroxene supergroup
- 1959, Pyroxmangite
- 1932, Pyrrhotite
- 2000, Ralstonite, 1st
- 1963, Ramdohrite, 1st
- 1958, Ramsdellite
- 1957, Ranciéite, Rancieite, 1st
- 1891, Realgar, 2nd
- 1989, Rectorite
- 2020, Rhodarsenide, 1st
- 1891, Rhodochrosite, 1st
- 1933, Rhodonite group
- 1985, Rhodostannite, 2nd
- 2002, Richelsdorfite, 2nd
- 1933, Rickardite, 1st
- 1933, Riebeckite
- 1997, Robinsonite, 1st
- 1969, Romanechite
- 1958, Römerite, Romerite, 1st
- 1989, Roquesite
- 1972, Rozenite, 1st
- 2020, Rumoiite, Type loc.
- 1948, Rutheniridosmine, 1st
- 1974, Ruthenium, 1st
- 1902, Rutile
- 1989, Sakuraiite, 2nd
- 1930, Salammoniac, 2nd
- 2008, Samaniite, 2nd
- 1908, Sanidine
- 1954, Saponite
- 1976, Sapphirine, 1st
- 1997, Sartorite, 1st
- 1961, Sassolite, 1st
- 1967, Scapolite series, Mostly Marialite
- 1981, Scheelite
- 1929, Schorl
- 1920, Scorodite
- 1990, Semseyite, 3rd
- 1975, Sepiolite
- 1984, Sérandite, Serandite
- 1891, Serpentine
- 2020, Shosanbetsuite, Type loc.
- 1940, Siderite
- 1977, Siderotil, 2nd
- 1942, Siegenite, 2nd
- 1951, Sillimanite
- 1916, Silver
- 1979, Smectite group
- 1982, Smithsonite
- 1969, Sonolite
- 1976, Sperrylite, 1st
- 1935, Spessartine
- 1891, Sphalerite
- 1951, Spinel
- 1981, Spodumene, 2nd
- 1943, Stannite
- 1988, Staurolite
- 2013, Steklite, 1st
- 2006, Stellerite
- 1947, Stephanite
- 1971, Sternbergite
- 1988, Stevensite
- 1954, Stibarsen, 1st
- 1976, Stibiopalladinite, 1st
- 1891, Stibnite
- 1977, Stilbite series
- 1958, Stilpnomelane
- 1954, Strengite
- 1971, Stromeyerite
- 1990, Stützite, Stutzite
- 2008, Sugakiite
- 1886, Sulphur
- 1995, Svanbergite, 2nd
- 1936, Sylvanite, 2nd
- 1973, Szmikite, 1st
- 1981, Szomolnokite, 2nd
- 1912, Talc
- 1982, Talnakhite, ?
- 2002, Tamarugite, 3rd
- 1985, Teallite, 1st
- 1936, Teineite, Type loc.
- 1985, Tellurantimony, 1st
- 1933, Tellurite, 2nd
- 1932, Tellurium, 2nd
- 1951, Tellurobismuthite
- 1952, Tennantite series
- 1942, Tenorite
- 1948, Tephroite
- 1952, Tetradymite
- 1972, Tetraferroplatinum, 1st
- 1916, Tetrahedrite series
- 2022, Tetrahedrite-(Mn), Type loc.
- 1962, Thenardite, 2nd
- 1969, Thomsonite-Ca
- 1908, Titanaugite, 1st
- 1926, Titanite
- 2005, Tobermorite
- 1934, Todorokite, Type loc.
- 2018, Tolovkite
- 2021, Tomamaeite, Type loc.
- 1980, Topaz
- 1993, Tosudite
- 1902, Tourmaline supergrouup
- 1989, Toyohaite, Type loc.
- 1944, Tremolite
- 1900, Tridymite
- 1998, Troilite
- 2008, Trona, 1st
- 2013, Tschermakite
- 2010, Tschermigite, 1st
- 1976, Tulameenite, 1st
- 1965, Valleriite
- 1975, Variscite, 3rd
- 1999, Vaterite, 1st
- 1932, Vermiculite
- 1940, Vesuvianite
- 2020, Vincentite, 1st
- 1956, Violarite, 3rd
- 1900, Vivianite
- 1958, Voltaite, 2nd
- 1981, Wairakite
- 1993, Watanabeite, Type loc.
- 1975, Wavellite, 3rd
- 1986, Winchite
- 1969, Wolframite Mostly Ferberite
- 1930, Wollastonite
- 1994, Woodhouseite, 2nd
- 1923, Wurtzite
- 1943, Zeolite family
- 1969, Zeunerite
- 1978, Zincmelanterite, 1st
- 1981, Zinkenite, 1st
- 1931, Zircon
- 1902, Zoisite, 1st
- 1990, Zunyite
- 1944, Orbicular igneous rocks
- 1938, Orbicular rhyolite
- 1932, Accretionary lapilli
- 1981, Pele's hair, 2nd
- 1889, Obsidian, 1st
- 1964, Fulgurite, 1st
- 1902, Perlite, 2nd
- 1997, Pseudotachylyte
- 1935, Manganese nodule
- 1952, Phosphate nodule
- 1911, Limonite
- 1902, Wad, 1st
- 1941, Asbestos
- 1945, Garnierite
- 1956, Marsh ore
- 1957, Stalactite
- 1932, Soapstone
- 1959, Clay silicate
- 1902, Siliceous sinter
- 1922, Calcareous sinter (Travertine)
- 1891, Silicified wood, 1st
- 1891, Diatomite, 1st
- 1889, Amber, 2nd
- 1885, Coal
- 1891, Peat, 1st
- 1903, Charcoal
- 1889, Petroleum, 2nd
- 1933, Oil shale, 1st
- 1911, Asphalt