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Minerals reported from Kanagawa prefecture, Japan

• 182 mineral species (149 approved species, 33 varieties and groups), 13 geological substances
• First description in the world: 1 species.
• First description in Japan: 9 species

Mineral species and geological substances reported from Kanagawa 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 Kanagawa prefeture

• Previous works
• 4 approved species; Tsunashiro Wada, Nihon kobutsu-shi, Japan, 275p. (1904)
• 7 species (6 approved species, a variety); Kotora Jimbo, Nobuyo Fukuchi, and Tozo Takimoto, Nihon kobutsu-shi, 2nd ed., Japan, 357p. (1916)
• 93 species (79 approved species, 14 varieties); Shinnichi Mori, Yu Kijima, Bulletin of the Hiratsuka City Museum, no.7, pp.1-10 (1984)
• 129 species (123 approved species, 6 varieties); Akira Kato, Yu Kijima, Mineral list of Kanagawa, Natural History Report of Kanagawa, vol.17, pp.95-107 (1996)
• 127 species (122 approved species, 5 varieties); Mineral list of Kanagawa, Rocks Minerals Strata, Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History, 143p. (2000)
• 132 species (127 approved species, 5 varieties); Mineral list of Kanagawa, Rocks Minerals Strata, new edition, Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History, 159p. (2016)

• 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)

• 1952, Actinolite
• 1996, Adularia
• 1990, Aegirine
• 1966, Albite
• 1996, Allophane
• 1991, Almandine
• 2008, Aluminoceladonite, 3rd
• 1875, Alum-(K), 1st
• 1966, Alunite
• 1917, Alunogen, 3rd
• 1950, Amphibole supergroup
• 1960, Analcime
• 2013, Anatase
• 1967, Andesine
• 1969, Andradite
• 1969, Anhydrite
• 1890, Anorthite, 2nd
• 1931, Anthophyllite
• 1984, Antigorite
• 1904, Apatite group, Mostly Fluorapatite
• 1982, Apophyllite group, Mostly Apophyllite-(KF)
• 1972, Aragonite
• 1934, Augite

• 1936, Biotite series
• 1954, Braunite
• 1980, Bronzite
• 1982, Brushite
• 1894, Bytownite, 1st

• 1934, Calcite
• 1995, Caryopilite
• 1969, Celadonite
• 1952, Chabazite series
• 1984, Chalcedony
• 1956, Chalcocite
• 1928, Chalcopyrite
• 1904, Chlorapatite, 1st
• 1928, Chlorite group
• 1981, Chromite
• 1996, Chrysocolla
• 1984, Chrysotile
• 2016, Clinochlore
• 1951, Clinohumite, 2nd
• 1969, Clinoptilolite series
• 1939, Clinozoisite, Thulite
• 1962, Clintonite
• 2000, Copper
• 1934, Cordierite
• 1997, Corrensite
• 1972, Cristobalite
• 1996, Cryptomelane
• 1938, Cummingtonite

• 1996, Datolite
• 1984, Deweylite
• 1981, Diallage
• 1934, Diopside
• 1984, Dolomite

• 1950, Enstatite
• 1939, Epidote
• 1940, Epistilbite
• 1996, Epsomite

• 1940, Fayalite
• 1971, Feldspar group
• 1954, Ferro-hornblende
• 1973, Ferrosaponite
• 2014, Fluorapatite
• 1950, Forsterite

• 1893, Garnet group
• 1984, Garronite
• 2010, Gedrite
• 2008, Glauconite series
• 1984, Goethite
• 1896, Gold
• 1995, Grossular
• 1898, Gypsum

• 1996, Halite
• 1981, Halloysite-7Å
• 1928, Halotrichite, 2nd
• 1984, Harmotome
• 1962, Hastingsite
• 1969, Hausmannite
• 1969, Hedenbergite
• 1967, Hematite
• 1932, Heulandite series
• 1969, Heulandite-Ca, 3rd
• 2009, Hexahydrite
• 1996, Hisingerite
• 1996, Hollandite
• 1931, Hornblende series, Mostly Magnesio-hornblende
• 1996, Hydroxylapatite
• 1893, Hypersthene

• 1986, Illite series
• 1936, Ilmenite
• 1966, Interstratified minerals
• 1971, Interstratified minerals (Chlorite/Montmorillonite)
• 1973, Interstratified minerals (Chlorite/Saponite)
• 1997, Interstratified minerals (Chlorite/Smectite)
• 1969, Interstratified minerals (Chlorite/Vermiculite)
• 1969, Interstratified minerals (Montmorillonite/Vermiculite), 1st

• 1996, Jarosite
• 1986, Johannsenite
• 1992, Julgoldite-(Fe2+), 3rd

• 1990, Kaersutite
• 1966, Kaolinite

• 1931, Labradorite
• 1984, Laihunite, 1st
• 1952, Laumontite
• 1967, Leucoxene
• 1996, Lizardite

• 1984, Magnesiochromite
• 1954, Magnesio-hornblende
• 1894, Magnetite
• 1956, Malachite
• 1984, Manganite
• 1893, Melanterite, 2nd
• 1984, Mesolite
• 1996, Microcline
• 1934, Monticellite, 1st
• 1966, Montmorillonite
• 1952, Mordenite, as Ptilolite
• 1928, Muscovite

• 1984, Natrolite
• 1996, Neotocite, as Penwithite
• 1996, Nontronite

• 1992, Okhotskite
• 1984, Oligoclase
• 1898, Opal

• 1947, Pargasite, 3rd
• 2016, Pennantite
• 1984, Phillipsite-Ca
• 1947, Phlogopite
• 1996, Pickeringite
• 1924, Piemontite
• 1935, Pigeonite, 2nd
• 1938, Plagioclase series
• 1962, Plombièrite, Plombierite, 1st
• 1966, Prehnite
• 1966, Pumpellyite-(Al)
• 1996, Pumpellyite-(Mg)
• 1992, Pumpellyite-(Mn2+)
• 1898, Pyrite
• 1984, Pyrolusite
• 1941, Pyroxene
• 1996, Pyroxmangite
• 1984, Pyrrhotite

• 1904, Quartz
• 1952, β-Quartz

• 1996, Ranciéite, Rancieite
• 1948, Rhodochrosite
• 1948, Rhodonite group

• 1969, Saponite
• 1996, Schorl
• 1933, Scolecite, 1st
• 1954, Serpentine
• 1984, Silver
• 1979, Smectite group
• 1996, Spessartine
• 1951, Spinel
• 1916, Stilbite series
• 2016, Stilbite-Ca
• 1875, Sulphur

• 1932, Talc
• 1995, Tephroite
• 2016, Thenardite
• 1968, Thomsonite-Ca
• 1981, Titanaugite
• 1966, Titanite
• 1962, Tobermorite, 1st
• 1984, Todorokite
• 1996, Tourmaline supergrouup
• 1967, Tremolite
• 1947, Tridymite

• 1967, Uralite

• 1969, Vermiculite
• 1932, Vesuvianite

• 1966, Wairakite
• 1934, Wollastonite

• 1952, Yugawaralite, Type loc., Discovered in 1930.

• 1934, Zeolite family
• 1994, Zinc
• 1969, Zircon
• 1967, Zoisite

• 1952, Orbicular igneous rocks
• 1988, Accretionary lapilli
• 1940, Obsidian

• 1978, Manganese nodule

• 1893, Limonite
• 1984, Asbestos
• 1894, Siliceous sinter
• 1949, Alum earth
• 1947, Silica gel
• 1971, Calcareous sinter (Travertine)

• 1900, Coal
• 1981, Peat
• 2003, Charcoal