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Minerals reported from Iwate prefecture, Japan
- 461 mineral species (414 approved species, 47 varieties and groups), 25 geological substances
- First description in the world: 16 species.
- First description in Japan: 48 species
Mineral species and geological substances reported from Iwate 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 Iwate prefeture
- Previous works
- 23 approved species; Tsunashiro Wada, Nihon kobutsu-shi, Japan, 275p. (1904)
- ? (Tohoku region); Ryohei Katayama, Minerals of 6 prefectures in Tohoku region (1912)
- 32 species (28 approved species, 3 varieties and groups, a organic matter); Kotora Jimbo, Nobuyo Fukuchi, and Tozo Takimoto, Nihon kobutsu-shi, 2nd ed., Japan, 357p. (1916)
- approximately 140 species (Tohoku region); Ryohei Katayama, Minerals of Tohoku region, Kogyososyo, no.3, Sendai Komusho (1916)
- 284 species (228 approved species, 56 varieties and groups); Matsuo Nanbu, Iwateken Kobutsu-shi, Iwate-ken Keizai-bu Kosan-ka, Japan, 252p, (1965)
- 458 species (Tohoku region); Matsuo Nanbu and Katsutoshi Tanida, Journal of mineralogy, petrology and economic geology, special issue, no.2, pp.123-132 (1980)
- 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)
- 1892, Actinolite
- 1923, Adularia
- 1952, Aegirine
- 1969, Aegirine-augite
- 1959, Akaganeite, Type loc.
- 1951, Alabandite
- 1928, Albite
- 1954, Allanite-(Ce)
- 1957, Alleghanyite
- 1965, Allophane
- 1899, Almandine
- 1934, Alunite
- 1965, Alunogen
- 1951, Amesite, 2nd
- 1892, Amphibole supergroup
- 1962, Analcime
- 1947, Anatase
- 1890, Andalusite, 1st
- 1930, Andesine
- 1905, Andradite
- 1961, Anglesite
- 1936, Anhydrite
- 1982, Annabergite
- 1936, Annite
- 1903, Anorthite
- 1930, Anorthoclase
- 1949, Anthophyllite
- 1951, Antigorite
- 1975, Antlerite, 2nd
- 1894, Apatite group, Mostly Fluorapatite
- 1923, Apophyllite group, Mostly Apophyllite-(KF)
- 1954, Apophyllite(KOH)
- 1956, Aragonite
- 1982, Arfvedsonite
- 1904, Argentite
- 1973, Argentopentlandite, 1st
- 1905, Arsenopyrite
- 2003, Artinite
- 1903, Augite
- 1964, Aurichalcite
- 1968, Autunite
- 1899, Axinite-(Fe)
- 1954, Axinite-(Mn)
- 1926, Azurite
- 1991, Baddeleyite, 1st
- 1999, Baghdadite, 1st
- 1980, Bannisterite, 2nd
- 1892, Baryte, Barite
- 1955, Bastite
- 1982, Berthierine
- 1960, Beryl
- 1941, β-sulphur, 3rd
- 2009, Beudantite
- 1975, Bicchulite, 2nd
- 1899, Biotite series
- 1961, Birnessite
- 1955, Bismuth
- 1932, Bismuthinite
- 1980, Böhmite, Bohmite
- 1907, Bornite
- 1950, Braunite
- 1980, Breithauptite
- 1965, Brochantite
- 1962, Bronzite
- 1935, Brookite
- 1958, Brucite
- 1979, Buddingtonite, 1st
- 1956, Bustamite, 2nd
- 1903, Bytownite, 2nd
- 1944, Calaverite
- 1892, Calcite
- 1953, Caryopilite
- 1996, Celadonite
- 1985, Celsian
- 1923, Chabazite series
- 1926, Chalcanthite
- 1947, Chalcedony
- 1919, Chalcocite
- 1876, Chalcopyrite
- 1980, Chalcostibite
- 1954, Chamosite
- 1991, Chesterite, 1st
- 1955, Chlorargyrite
- 1902, Chlorite group
- 1933, Chloritoid
- 1956, Chondrodite
- 1891, Chromite
- 1907, Chrysocolla
- 1951, Chrysotile
- 1900, Cinnabar
- 1971, Clausthalite, 2nd
- 1992, Clinochesterite, 1st
- 1954, Clinochlore
- 1965, Clinoenstatite, 1st
- 1957, Clinohumite
- 1962, Clinoptilolite series
- 2013, Clinoptilolite-Ca
- 1919, Clinozoisite, Thulite, 2nd
- 1976, Clintonite
- 1942, Cobaltite
- 1953, Cobaltpentlandite
- 1961, Coffinite
- 1986, Copiapite
- 1892, Copper
- 1986, Coquimbite, 2nd
- 1896, Cordierite
- 2003, Corkite
- 2001, Corrensite
- 1938, Corundum
- 1976, Cosalite
- 1980, Costibite, 1st
- 1916, Covellite
- 1959, Cristobalite
- 2006, Crossite
- 1956, Cryptomelane
- 1937, Cubanite, 1st
- 1941, Cummingtonite
- 1926, Cuprite
- 1966, Danburite
- 1965, Datolite
- 2005, Dellaite, 1st
- 1929, Diallage
- 1924, Diaspore
- 1979, Dickite
- 1957, Digenite
- 1905, Diopside
- 1965, Djurleite
- 1944, Dolomite
- 1951, Dravite
- 1968, Eckermannite, Corrected to Magnesio-arfvedsonite in 1980.
- 2016, Eclarite, 1st
- 1982, Edenite
- 1904, Elbaite, 2nd
- 1974, Electrum
- 1952, Emplectite
- 1965, Enargite
- 1941, Enstatite
- 1892, Epidote, 2nd
- 1982, Epsomite
- 1975, Ericssonite-2O, 1st
- 1955, Erythrite
- 1955, Euxenite-(Y)
- 1965, Fayalite
- 1968, Feitknechtite, 1st
- 1894, Feldspar group
- 1986, Felsőbányaite, Felsobanyaite, 1st, as Basaluminite
- 1988, Ferberite
- 1947, Fergusonite-(Y)
- 1997, Feroxyhyte, 1st
- 1974, Ferrierite-Mg
- 1996, Ferrihydrite
- 1923, Ferrimolybdite
- 1979, Ferri-winchite, 1st
- 1978, Ferro-actinolite
- 1943, Ferro-anthophyllite, 3rd
- 1974, Ferrobustamite
- 1974, Ferro-edenite
- 1957, Ferro-gedrite, 1st
- 2006, Ferro-glaucophane
- 1986, Ferrohexahydrite
- 1936, Ferro-hornblende
- 1982, Ferro-pargasite
- 2010, Ferro-richterite, 2nd
- 1957, Ferrosaponite
- 2008, Ferro-winchite
- 1958, Fluoborite, 1st
- 2017, Fluor-elbaite, 4th
- 1932, Fluorite
- 2017, Foitite
- 1929, Forsterite
- 1975, Foshagite, 2nd
- 1975, Gahnite
- 1957, Galaxite
- 1894, Galena
- 1969, Ganophyllite
- 1892, Garnet group
- 1980, Gedrite
- 1975, Gehlenite, 3rd
- 1958, Geikielite
- 1943, Gersdorffite, 3rd
- 1965, Gibbsite
- 1960, Glaucodot
- 2014, Glauconite series
- 1954, Glaucophane
- 1983, Godlevskite, 2nd
- 1957, Goethite
- 1876, Gold
- 2002, Goldmanite, 3rd
- 1913, Graphite
- 1954, Greenockite
- 1950, Greigite, 1st
- 1904, Grossular
- 1974, Grunerite
- 1891, Gypsum
- 1965, Halite
- 1948, Halloysite-7Å
- 1948, Halloysite-10Å
- 1965, Halotrichite
- 1964, Haradaite, 2nd
- 1953, Hastingsite
- 1951, Hausmannite
- 1978, Heazlewoodite
- 1904, Hedenbergite
- 1971, Hedleyite, 1st
- 2010, Hejtmanite, 2nd
- 1961, Helvine
- 1889, Hematite
- 1957, Hercynite
- 1966, Hessite
- 1954, Heulandite series
- 2009, Hidalgoite
- 1977, Hillebrandite
- 1950, Hisingerite
- 1964, Hollandite
- 1917, Hornblende series, Mostly Magnesio-hornblende
- 1958, Hübnerite, Hubnerite
- 1962, Humite, 1st
- 1965, Hyalite
- 1959, Hyalophane, 3rd
- 1981, Hydroandradite
- 1965, Hydrobiotite
- 1982, Hydrogrossular
- 1982, Hydromagnesite
- 1980, Hydroxylapatite
- 1903, Hypersthene
- 1965, Idaite
- 1965, Illite series
- 1902, Ilmenite
- 1923, Ilvaite
- 1966, Imogolite, 2nd
- 1968, Interstratified minerals
- 2001, Interstratified minerals (Chlorite/Smectite)
- 1986, Interstratified minerals (Chlorite/Vermiculite)
- 1978, Interstratified minerals (Illite/Montmorillonite)
- 2001, Interstratified minerals (Illite/Smectite)
- 1957, Interstratified minerals (Kaolin/Montmorillonite), 2nd
- 1980, Interstratified minerals (Muscovite/Paragonite), 1st
- 1967, Interstratified minerals (Sericite/Montmorillonite)
- 2013, Iwateite, Type loc.
- 1957, Jacobsite
- 1982, Jalpaite
- 1965, Jarosite
- 1911, Jasper
- 1991, Jimthompsonite, 1st
- 1996, Johannsenite
- 1982, Joséite, Joseite
- 1981, Joséite-B, Joseite-B
- 1984, Kaersutite
- 1981, Kamaishilite, Type loc.
- 1926, Kaolinite
- 1973, Kenoargentotetrahedrite-(Fe)
- 1973, Kinoshitalite, Type loc.
- 1956, Kotoite, Type loc.
- 1977, Kutnohorite
- 1980, Kyanite
- 1902, Labradorite, 2nd
- 1971, Laitakarite, 2nd
- 1933, Laumontite
- 1955, Lepidocrocite
- 1932, Lepidolite series
- 1942, Leucoxene
- 1963, Linarite
- 1957, Linnaeite
- 1957, Livingstonite, 1st
- 1982, Lizardite
- 1955, Löllingite, Lollingite, 3rd
- 1923, Ludwigite, 1st
- 1965, Luzonite
- 1954, Mackinawite
- 1952, Maghemite
- 1952, Magnesio-arfvedsonite, 1st
- 1967, Magnesioferrite
- 1974, Magnesio-hastingsite, 2nd
- 1995, Magnesio-hornblende
- 1970, Magnesio-riebeckite
- 1950, Magnesite
- 1876, Magnetite
- 1907, Malachite
- 2023, Mangani-eckermannite, Type loc.
- 1957, Manganite
- 1957, Manganoan calcite
- 1969, Mangano-arfvedsonite, Kôzulite, Kozulite, Type loc.
- 1966, Mangano-cummingtonite
- 1959, Mangano-grunerite
- 1951, Manganosite
- 1965, Manjiroite, Type loc.
- 1916, Marcasite
- 1982, Margarite
- 1954, Melanterite
- 1965, Meta-autunite
- 1939, Microcline
- 1994, Milarite, 1st
- 1974, Millerite
- 1986, Mirabilite
- 1910, Molybdenite
- 2010, Momoiite, Type loc.
- 1956, Monazite-(Ce)
- 1955, Montmorillonite
- 1929, Mordenite, 1st
- 2006, Mottramite
- 1907, Muscovite
- 2002, Nagashimalite
- 1972, Nambulite, Type loc.
- 1982, Natroalunite
- 1923, Natrolite
- 1985, Natronambulite, Type loc.
- 1933, Neotocite, 2nd
- 1957, Nickeline
- 1956, Nontronite
- 1961, Nsutite
- 1965, Palygorskite
- 1951, Paragonite, 2nd
- 1957, Pargasite
- 1982, Parkerite, 3rd
- 1951, Parsettensite, 1st
- 1975, Pavonite, 3rd
- 1942, Pentlandite
- 1965, Perovskite, 1st
- 1902, Petzite, 1st
- 1954, Phlogopite
- 1958, Piemontite
- 1962, Pigeonite
- 1980, Pilsenite, 1st
- 1892, Plagioclase series, 2nd
- 2009, Plumbojarosite, 3rd
- 2013, Polybasite
- 1965, Polydymite
- 2002, Potassic-ferri-leakeite, Type loc.
- 1958, Prehnite
- 2002, Proto-anthophyllite
- 1927, Protolitionite, 1st
- 1965, Pumpellyite-(Al)
- 1956, Pyrargyrite
- 1876, Pyrite
- 1952, Pyrochroite, 3rd
- 1932, Pyrolusite
- 1924, Pyromorphite
- 1951, Pyrophanite, 2nd
- 1922, Pyrophyllite
- 1968, Pyrosmalite-(Mn)
- 1893, Pyroxene
- 1954, Pyroxferroite, 1st
- 1955, Pyroxmangite
- 1893, Pyrrhotite
- 1956, Ramsdellite, The possibility of misidentification was pointed out in 1961.
- 1964, Ranciéite, Rancieite, 2nd
- 1962, Realgar
- 1923, Rhodochrosite
- 1904, Rhodonite group
- 1937, Richterite, 1st, as Riebeckrichterite
- 1982, Riebeckite
- 1959, Romanechite, 1st, as Psilomelane
- 2002, Roscoelite
- 1974, Rozenite
- 1902, Rutile
- 1965, Safflorite, 2nd
- 1965, Salammoniac
- 1957, Saponite
- 1965, Scapolite series, Mostly Marialite
- 1918, Scheelite
- 1936, Schorl
- 1977, Schorlomite, 3rd
- 1982, Scolecite
- 1965, Scorodite
- 1983, Sekaninaite
- 1971, Sepiolite
- 1972, Sérandite, Serandite, 1st
- 1894, Serpentine
- 1924, Siderite
- 1966, Siderotil, Corrected to Rozenite in 1974.
- 1972, Siegenite
- 1947, Sillimanite
- 1923, Silver
- 1976, Smectite group, 1st
- 1974, Smythite, 1st
- 1962, Sonolite, Type loc.
- 1950, Spessartine
- 1907, Sphalerite
- 1941, Spinel
- 1977, Spurrite
- 1980, Staurolite
- 1975, Stevensite
- 1913, Stibnite
- 1923, Stilbite series
- 1987, Stilbite-Ca
- 1959, Stilpnomelane
- 1988, Stolzite, 3rd
- 1982, Stromeyerite
- 2002, Stronadelphite, 2nd
- 1956, Suanite, 1st
- 1886, Sulphur
- 1980, Sussexite
- 1973, Suzukiite, Type loc.
- 1901, Sylvanite, Corrected to Tellurobismuthite in 1952.
- 1956, Szaibélyite, Szaibelyite, 1st
- 1986, Szomolnokite, 3rd
- 1964, Takanelite, ?
- 1892, Talc
- 2012, Tanohataite, Type loc.
- 1916, Tellurium, 1st
- 1952, Tellurobismuthite
- 1965, Tennantite series
- 1907, Tenorite
- 1951, Tephroite
- 1917, Tetrahedrite series
- 1979, Thaumasite, 3rd
- 1975, Tilleyite, 3rd
- 1977, Tinzenite
- 1930, Titanaugite
- 1923, Titanite
- 1982, Tobermorite
- 1978, Tochilinite, 1st
- 1961, Todorokite
- 1963, Topaz
- 1969, Torbernite
- 1892, Tourmaline supergrouup
- 1919, Tremolite
- 1954, Tridymite
- 1971, Troilite, 3rd
- 2013, Truscottite
- 1971, Tschermakite, 1st
- 2017, Tsilaisite, 1st
- 1954, Valleriite
- 2002, Vanadinite
- 1900, Vermiculite
- 1917, Vesuvianite
- 1953, Violarite, 2nd
- 1974, Vivianite
- 1953, Vonsenite, as Paigite
- 2003, Vuorelainenite, 3rd
- 1955, Orbicular igneous rocks
- 1918, Accretionary lapilli
- 2004, Obsidian
- 1984, Perlite
- 2002, Manganese nodule
- 1952, Phosphate nodule
- 1978, Bauxite
- 1907, Limonite
- 1955, Wad
- 1901, Asbestos
- 1965, Stalactite
- 1974, Phosphorite, Guano
- 2013, Umber
- 1965, Siliceous sinter
- 1965, Silica gel
- 1957, Calcareous sinter (Travertine)
- 2006, Dendrite
- 1953, Copper pitch
- 1892, Silicified wood, 3rd
- 1953, Diatomite
- 1876, Amber
- 1896, Coal
- 1988, Charcoal
- 1926, Petroleum
- 1985, Oil shale