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Minerals reported from Kagoshima prefecture, Japan
- 342 mineral species (297 approved species, 45 varieties and groups), 22 geological substances
- First description in the world: 1 species.
- First description in Japan: 50 species
Mineral species and geological substances reported from Kagoshima 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 Kagoshima prefeture
- Previous works
- 22 approved species; Tsunashiro Wada, Nihon kobutsu-shi, Japan, 275p. (1904)
- 32 species (30 approved species, 2 varieties and groups); Kotora Jimbo, Nobuyo Fukuchi, and Tozo Takimoto, Nihon kobutsu-shi, 2nd ed., Japan, 357p. (1916)
- 159 species (153 approved species, 6 varieties and groups); Michitoshi Miyahisa, Yoichi Osako, List of mineral species in Kagoshima prefecture, Chigaku Kenkyu, vol.21, no.12, pp.439-450 (1970)
- 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)
- 1961, Acanthite
- 1934, Actinolite
- 1936, Adularia
- 1983, Aegirine-augite
- 1980, Aguilarite
- 1970, Alabandite
- 1954, Albite
- 1962, Alleghanyite
- 1952, Allophane
- 1959, Almandine
- 1983, Altaite
- 1916, Alum-(K)
- 1908, Alunite, 2nd
- 1963, Alunogen
- 1915, Amphibole supergroup
- 1990, Analcime
- 1916, Anatase, 2nd
- 1968, Andalusite
- 1917, Andesine
- 2002, Anglesite
- 1977, Anhydrite
- 1983, Ankerite
- 1971, Anorthite
- 1972, Anorthoclase
- 1964, Antigorite
- 1934, Apatite group, Mostly Fluorapatite
- 2002, Aphthitalite, 2nd
- 1988, Apophyllite group, Mostly Apophyllite-(KF)
- 1967, Aragonite
- 1964, Ardennite-(As), 1st, Doubtful
- 1890, Argentite
- 2021, Argentotetrahedrite-(Fe), 2nd
- 1986, Arseniosiderite, 1st
- 1892, Arsenopyrite
- 1980, Atacamite, 3rd
- 1917, Augite
- 1961, Autunite
- 1939, Axinite-(Fe)
- 1934, Axinite-(Mn), 2nd
- 1916, Azurite
- 1994, Bariopharmacosiderite, 1st
- 1935, Baryte, Barite
- 1969, Beidellite
- 1958, Berthierite
- 1939, Beryl
- 1904, Biotite series
- 1961, Bismite
- 1900, Bismuth
- 1944, Bismuthinite
- 1961, Bismutite
- 1996, Böhmite, Bohmite
- 1875, Bornite
- 2023, Botallackite, 3rd
- 1970, Boulangerite
- 1951, Bournonite
- 1959, Brannerite, 1st
- 1938, Braunite, 1st
- 1971, Bronzite
- 1916, Brookite, 1st
- 2000, Buserite, 2nd
- 1971, Bytownite
- 1983, Calaverite
- 1894, Calcite
- 1982, Canfieldite
- 1964, Caryopilite, as Bementite
- 1875, Cassiterite, 1st
- 1908, Cerussite
- 1903, Chabazite series
- 1953, Chalcanthite
- 1952, Chalcedony
- 1951, Chalcocite
- 1892, Chalcopyrite
- 1961, Chamosite, as Thuringite
- 1969, Chapmanite, 1st
- 2020, Chayesite, 1st
- 1899, Chlorargyrite, 2nd
- 1913, Chlorite group
- 1974, Chromite
- 1958, Chrysocolla
- 1974, Chrysotile
- 1903, Cinnabar
- 1956, Clausthalite, 1st
- 1955, Clinochlore, as Pennine
- 1970, Clinoptilolite series
- 1958, Colusite, 2nd
- 1980, Connellite, 1st
- 1970, Copper
- 1894, Cordierite
- 1937, Corundum
- 1985, Cosalite
- 2002, Cotunnite, 1st
- 1951, Covellite
- 1951, Cristobalite, Corrected to Tridymite in 1938.
- 1969, Cryptomelane
- 1958, Cubanite
- 1970, Cummingtonite
- 1955, Cuprite
- 1951, Electrum
- 1988, Empressite, 2nd, Doubtful
- 1952, Enargite
- 1974, Enstatite
- 1894, Epidote
- 1990, Epistilbite
- 1992, Erionite series
- 2005, Eugsterite, 1st
- 1982, Eulytine, 2nd
- 1966, Famatinite, 2nd
- 1949, Fayalite
- 1904, Feldspar group
- 2002, Ferberite
- 2000, Ferrihydrite
- 1957, Ferrimolybdite
- 2008, Ferro-actinolite
- 1993, Ferrosaponite
- 1984, Fluorapatite
- 1913, Fluorite
- 1965, Fluorophlogopite, 1st
- 1892, Forsterite
- 1961, Freieslebenite
- 1969, Galaxite
- 1892, Galena
- 1985, Galenobismutite
- 1969, Ganophyllite
- 1960, Garnet group
- 1968, Germanite
- 1952, Gibbsite
- 1959, Goethite
- 1875, Gold
- 1938, Goldfieldite, 1st
- 1962, Goldmanite, Corrected to Momoiite.
- 1892, Graphite
- 2002, Greenockite
- 1985, Gustavite
- 1897, Gypsum
- 1988, Gyrolite
- 1965, Haiweeite, 2nd
- 1916, Halite, 1st
- 1955, Halloysite-7Å
- 1952, Halloysite-10Å
- 1970, Halotrichite
- 1963, Haradaite, Type loc.
- 1952, Hausmannite
- 1956, Hedenbergite
- 1892, Hematite
- 1991, Hemusite, 2nd
- 1935, Hessite, 2nd
- 1904, Heulandite series
- 1934, Hisingerite, 1st
- 1915, Hornblende series, Mostly Magnesio-hornblende
- 1952, Hübnerite, Hubnerite
- 1960, Hyalite
- 1994, Hydrokenoelsmoreite, Ferritungstite, 1st
- 2002, Hydroniumjarosite, 2nd
- 1985, Hydroxylapatite
- 1947, Hydroxystibioroméite, Hydroxystibioromeite, Stibiconite
- 1917, Hypersthene
- 1957, Illite series
- 1954, Ilmenite
- 1975, Ilsemannite
- 1994, Interstratified minerals
- 1970, Interstratified minerals (Chlorite/Montmorillonite)
- 1973, Interstratified minerals (Chlorite/Saponite)
- 1977, Interstratified minerals (Chlorite/Smectite)
- 1996, Interstratified minerals (Chlorite/Vermiculite)
- 1969, Interstratified minerals (Illite/Montmorillonite)
- 1998, Interstratified minerals (Illite/Smectite)
- 1997, Interstratified minerals (Illite/Vermiculite), 2nd
- 1993, Interstratified minerals (Kaolin/Smectite), 1st
- 1970, Interstratified minerals (Mica/Montmorillonite)
- 1981, Interstratified minerals (Mica/Smectite)
- 1978, Interstratified minerals (Sericite/Montmorillonite)
- 1979, Interstratified minerals (Sericite/Smectite), 1st
- 1971, Kaersutite
- 1903, Kaolinite, 3rd, as Kaolin
- 1938, Kenoargentotetrahedrite-(Fe), 2nd
- 1916, Kermesite, 1st
- 2016, Kolbeckite, 1st
- 2016, Kutnohorite
- 1970, Mackinawite
- 1978, Maghemite
- 1964, Magnesio-hornblende
- 1895, Magnetite
- 1908, Malachite
- 1986, Maldonite, 2nd
- 2013, Manganberzeliite, 2nd
- 1941, Manganite
- 1941, Manganoan calcite
- 1969, Manganosite
- 1901, Marcasite
- 2008, Margarite
- 1985, Matildite
- 2013, Medaite, 1st
- 1970, Melanterite
- 1900, Mercury
- 1991, Metavoltine, 1st
- 1974, Miargyrite
- 1967, Microcline
- 1970, Mimetite
- 1985, Minamiite, 2nd
- 1907, Molybdenite
- 1940, Molybdite, 1st
- 1958, Monazite-(Ce)
- 1959, Montmorillonite
- 1953, Mordenite, as Ptilolite
- 1913, Muscovite
- 1917, Oligoclase
- 1897, Opal
- 1951, Orpiment
- 1915, Orthoclase
- 1953, Osumilite, Described as Cordierite in 1944.
- 1975, Osumilite-(Mg), 1st
- 1983, Owyheeite, 1st
- 2008, Palenzonaite, 1st
- 2002, Palmierite, 1st
- 1980, Paratacamite, 1st
- 1960, Pargasite
- 1987, Pearceite
- 2014, Pectolite
- 1954, Petzite
- 1991, Pharmacosiderite
- 1991, Phlogopite
- 1966, Pigeonite
- 1915, Plagioclase series
- 1900, Platinum
- 1959, Polybasite
- 2016, Poppiite, 1st
- 1972, Prehnite
- 2016, Pretulite, 1st
- 1972, Pumpellyite-(Al)
- 1896, Pyrargyrite
- 1875, Pyrite
- 1940, Pyrolusite
- 1953, Pyromorphite
- 1974, Pyrope
- 1964, Pyrophanite
- 1951, Pyrophyllite
- 1965, Pyrostilpnite, 1st
- 1914, Pyroxene
- 2016, Pyroxmangite
- 1899, Pyrrhotite
- 2000, Ralstonite, 1st
- 1969, Rankinite, 1st
- 1975, Rectorite
- 2018, Reppiaite, 1st
- 1935, Rhodochrosite
- 1940, Rhodonite group
- 1976, Roedderite, 1st
- 1962, Roscoelite, 1st
- 1905, Rutile
- 1914, Salammoniac, 1st
- 2013, Saneroite, 1st
- 1915, Sanidine
- 1989, Saponite
- 2008, Sarkinite, 2nd
- 1962, Sassolite, 3rd
- 1909, Scheelite
- 1965, Schoepite, 2nd
- 1896, Schorl
- 1952, Scorodite
- 1977, Sekaninaite
- 1883, Selensulphur, 1st
- 1930, Sénarmontite, Senarmontite, 1st
- 1900, Serpentine
- 1904, Siderite
- 1969, Sillimanite
- 1895, Silver
- 1976, Smectite group
- 1908, Smithsonite
- 1962, Spessartine
- 1892, Sphalerite
- 1938, Spinel
- 1894, Stannite
- 1936, Stephanite
- 1961, Sternbergite
- 2022, Stibiogoldfieldite, 1st
- 1912, Stibnite
- 1937, Stilbite series
- 1969, Stilpnomelane
- 1990, Stützite, Stutzite
- 1991, Sudoite
- 1886, Sulphur
- 1954, Sylvanite
- 2002, Sylvite
- 1974, Talc
- 1990, Tellurium
- 1986, Tennantite series
- 1941, Tephroite, 3rd
- 1990, Tetradymite
- 1938, Tetrahedrite series
- 2002, Thenardite
- 2005, Tiragalloite, 1st
- 1983, Titanaugite
- 1959, Titanite
- 1963, Todorokite
- 2008, Tokyoite, 2nd
- 1904, Topaz
- 1991, Tosudite
- 1896, Tourmaline supergrouup
- 1974, Tremolite
- 1904, Tridymite
- 1993, Tripuhyite, 2nd
- 1967, Truscottite, 2nd
- 2006, Tugarinovite, 1st
- 1991, Valentinite
- 1957, Valleriite, Corrected to Mackinawite.
- 1994, Vermiculite
- 1903, Vivianite
- 1991, Voltaite, 3rd
- 1961, Vulcanite, 1st, as Weissite in 1938.
- 1950, Orbicular igneous rocks
- 1915, Orbicular rhyolite
- 1914, Accretionary lapilli
- 1915, Obsidian
- 1917, Perlite, 3rd
- 1997, Pseudotachylyte
- 1970, Orthoquartzite
- 1891, Limonite
- 1952, Wad
- 1900, Stalactite
- 1915, Phosphorite, Guano
- 1954, Siliceous sinter
- 2000, Silica gel
- 1956, Calcareous sinter (Travertine)
- 2000, Calcareous sinter (Tufa)
- 1991, Dendrite
- 1895, Coal
- 1900, Peat
- 1972, Charcoal
- 1900, Petroleum