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Minerals reported from Miyazaki prefecture, Japan

• 270 mineral species (245 approved species, 25 varieties and groups), 13 geological substances
• First description in the world: 0 species.
• First description in Japan: 23 species

Mineral species and geological substances reported from Miyazaki 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 Miyazaki prefeture

• Previous works
• 21 species (20 approved species, a group); Tsunashiro Wada, Nihon kobutsu-shi, Japan, 275p. (1904)
• 27 species (26 approved species, a group); Kotora Jimbo, Nobuyo Fukuchi, and Tozo Takimoto, Nihon kobutsu-shi, 2nd ed., Japan, 357p. (1916)
• 159 species (151 approved species, 6 varieties and groups, 2 organic matter); Tomio Adachi, Mineral species in Miyazaki prefecture, Chigaku Kenkyu, vol.29, no.1-3, pp.45-54 (1978)
• 184 species (179 approved species, 4 varieties and groups, an organic matter); Tomio Adachi, List of mineral species in Miyazaki prefecture, Chigaku Kenkyu, vol.46, no.3, pp.131-149 (1997)

• 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)

• 1914, Actinolite
• 1947, Adamite, 2nd, as Barthite
• 1940, Adularia
• 2006, Akhtenskite
• 1947, Alabandite
• 1914, Albite
• 1953, Allanite-(Ce)
• 1957, Allophane
• 1959, Almandine
• 1989, Alunite
• 1978, Alunogen
• 1928, Amphibole supergroup
• 1934, Anatase
• 1969, Andalusite
• 1959, Andorite, 1st
• 1940, Andradite
• 1992, Anglesite
• 1957, Ankerite
• 1957, Anorthite
• 2002, Anorthoclase
• 1959, Anthophyllite
• 1997, Antigorite
• 1910, Apatite group, Mostly Fluorapatite
• 1978, Aragonite
• 1890, Argentite
• 1993, Arsendescloizite, 1st, Described as Duftite in 1971.
• 1997, Arseniosiderite
• 1886, Arsenopyrite
• 1969, Augite
• 1978, Aurichalcite
• 1900, Axinite-(Fe)
• 1957, Axinite-(Mn)
• 1917, Azurite

• 1969, Baryte, Barite
• 1959, Berthierite
• 1992, Beryl
• 1978, Beudantite, 2nd
• 1940, Biotite series
• 1943, Bismuth
• 1951, Bismuthinite
• 1912, Bornite
• 1947, Boulangerite, 1st
• 1968, Braunite
• 1996, Britholite-(Y)
• 1997, Brochantite
• 1934, Brookite, 3rd
• 1974, Brushite
• 1978, Bustamite

• 1886, Calcite
• 1932, Caledonite, 1st
• 1992, Carminite, 2nd
• 1964, Caryopilite, as Bementite
• 1886, Cassiterite
• 1932, Cerussite
• 1969, Chabazite series
• 1959, Chalcanthite
• 1937, Chalcedony
• 1954, Chalcocite
• 1886, Chalcopyrite
• 1965, Chamosite
• 1977, Chapmanite, 2nd
• 1914, Chlorite group
• 1943, Chromite
• 1940, Chrysocolla
• 1959, Chrysotile
• 1950, Cinnabar
• 1969, Clinochlore
• 1971, Clinoclase, 3rd
• 1940, Clinozoisite, Thulite
• 1939, Columbite-(Fe)
• 1971, Conichalcite, 3rd
• 1886, Copper
• 1956, Cordierite
• 1970, Cornubite, 2nd
• 1961, Corundum
• 1974, Cristobalite
• 2006, Cryptomelane
• 1944, Cubanite, 3rd
• 1959, Cuprite

• 1899, Danburite, 2nd
• 1902, Datolite, 1st
• 1958, Dickite
• 1914, Diopside
• 1940, Dolomite
• 1971, Duftite, Corrected to Arsendescloizite in 1993.
• 1961, Dumortierite

• 1996, Elbaite
• 1961, Emplectite
• 1902, Epidote
• 1962, Evansite, 1st

• 1978, Fayalite
• 2006, Feitknechtite
• 1932, Feldspar group
• 2011, Fergusonite-(Y)
• 2010, Ferro-ferri-hornblende, 1st
• 2010, Ferro-hornblende
• 2009, Feruvite, 2nd
• 2012, Fluor-elbaite, 2nd
• 1886, Fluorite
• 2011, Fluor-schorl, 1st
• 1995, Foitite, 2nd
• 1940, Forsterite
• 1978, Freieslebenite

• 1992, Gadolinite-(Y)
• 1969, Galaxite
• 1886, Galena
• 1969, Ganophyllite
• 1886, Garnet group
• 1997, Gibbsite
• 1897, Glauconite series, 1st
• 1957, Glaucophane
• 1961, Goethite
• 1932, Gold
• 1954, Goslarite
• 1961, Graphite
• 1969, Greenalite
• 1959, Greenockite
• 1897, Grossular, 3rd
• 1957, Grunerite
• 1998, Gustavite or Lillianite
• 1952, Gypsum

• 1920, Halite, 2‚ñ‚„
• 1968, Halloysite-7Å
• 2011, Hambergite, 1st
• 1997, Hastingsite
• 1952, Hausmannite
• 1904, Hedenbergite
• 1994, Hellandite-(Y), 2nd
• 1889, Hematite
• 1954, Hemimorphite
• 1978, Hercynite
• 1983, Herzenbergite, 3rd
• 1961, Hornblende series, Mostly Magnesio-hornblende
• 2010, Hulsite, 1st
• 1997, Hyalite
• 1971, Hydrocerussite, 1st
• 1987, Hydrogrossular
• 1992, Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce), Hydroxylbastnasite-(Ce), 1st
• 1952, Hydroxystibioroméite, Hydroxystibioromeite, Stibiconite
• 1959, Hydrozincite
• 1978, Hypersthene

• 1978, Ilmenite
• 1940, Ilvaite
• 1974, Interstratified minerals (Chlorite/Montmorillonite)
• 1974, Interstratified minerals (Mica/Montmorillonite)

• 1969, Jacobsite
• 1951, Jamesonite
• 1961, Jarosite

• 1954, Kämmererite, Kammererite
• 1947, Kaolinite
• 1947, Kermesite
• 1996, Kobeite-(Y)

• 1969, Laumontite
• 1932, Leadhillite, 1st
• 1970, Legrandite, 1st
• 1961, Lepidocrocite
• 1940, Lepidolite series
• 1972, Lillianite, 1st
• 1937, Linarite
• 1959, Löllingite, Lollingite

• 1952, Mackinawite, as Valleriite
• 2013, Magnesiofoitite
• 1978, Magnesio-hornblende
• 1908, Magnetite
• 1917, Malachite
• 1969, Malayaite
• 1969, Manganite
• 1969, Manganoan calcite
• 1981, Mangano-cummingtonite, as Tirodite
• 1961, Mangano-grunerite, as Dannemorite
• 1942, Manganosite
• 1915, Marcasite
• 1928, Marialite, 1st
• 1954, Melanterite
• 1900, Mercury
• 1961, Miargyrite
• 1978, Microcline
• 2006, Microlite group, 3rd
• 2015, Mieite-(Y), Described as Yftisite-(Y) in 1994.
• 1937, Mimetite, 2nd
• 1897, Molybdenite
• 1939, Monazite-(Ce)
• 1968, Montmorillonite
• 1900, Muscovite

• 1942, Neotocite
• 1937, Nontronite
• 2012, Nordenskiöldine, Nordenskioldine, 1st

• 1956, Oligoclase
• 1994, Olivenite
• 1969, Opal
• 1900, Orpiment
• 1936, Orthoclase
• 1996, Otavite, 1st

• 1973, Parasymplesite, 2nd
• 1992, Pharmacosiderite
• 1979, Phlogopite
• 1961, Plagioclase series
• 1978, Posnjakite, 2nd
• 1944, Prehnite
• 1954, Protolitionite
• 1970, Pumpellyite-(Al)
• 1954, Pyrargyrite
• 1886, Pyrite
• 2006, Pyrochroite
• 1978, Pyrolusite
• 1934, Pyromorphite
• 1969, Pyrophanite
• 2001, Pyrostilpnite, Corrected to Pyrargyrite in 2003.
• 1912, Pyroxene
• 1960, Pyroxmangite
• 1909, Pyrrhotite

• 1886, Quartz

• 1900, Realgar
• 1932, Rhodochrosite
• 1932, Rhodonite group
• 1960, Romanechite, 2nd, as Psilomelane
• 1969, Rutile

• 1996, Samarskite-(Y)
• 1993, Sauconite, 2nd
• 1928, Scapolite series, 1st, Described as Marialite
• 1908, Scheelite
• 1908, Schorl
• 1947, Scorodite
• 1936, Serpentine
• 1940, Siderite
• 1956, Sillimanite
• 1932, Silver
• 1958, Smithsonite
• 1978, Sonolite
• 1958, Spessartine
• 1886, Sphalerite
• 1956, Spinel
• 1910, Stannite
• 1983, Stephanite
• 1961, Sternbergite
• 1876, Stibnite, 2nd
• 1957, Stilpnomelane
• 1997, Stolzite
• 1886, Sulphur
• 1996, Symplesite, 3rd

• 1936, Talc
• 1977, Taranakite, 2nd
• 1958, Tellurobismuthite
• 1989, Tenorite
• 1952, Tephroite
• 1961, Tetradymite
• 1952, Tetrahedrite series
• 1994, Thalénite-(Y), Thalenite-(Y)
• 1978, Tinzenite
• 1953, Titanite
• 1961, Topaz
• 1900, Tourmaline supergrouup
• 1940, Tremolite
• 1989, Tridymite
• 1965, Troilite, 1st
• 1962, Tyrolite

• 1969, Uralite
• 1936, Uvarovite

• 1977, Valentinite
• 1952, Valleriite, Corrected to Mackinawite.
• 1969, Vermiculite
• 1916, Vesuvianite
• 1902, Vivianite
• 1990, Vonsenite, 2nd

• 1930, Wavellite, 2nd, as Fischerite
• 1978, Wittichenite
• 1908, Wolframite, Mostly Ferberite
• 1914, Wollastonite

• 1979, Xenotime-(Y)

• 1994, Yftisite-(Y), 1st, Corrected to Mieite-(Y) in 2015.

• 2015, Zincolivenite, 2nd
• 2002, Zinnwaldite series
• 1952, Zircon
• 1940, Zoisite

• 1979, Accretionary lapilli
• 1979, Obsidian
• 2010, Pseudotachylyte
• 1970, Orthoquartzite

• 1895, Phosphate nodule, 1st

• 1904, Limonite
• 1953, Asbestos
• 1977, Stalactite
• 1974, Phosphorite, Guano
• 1978, Siliceous sinter

• 1886, Coal
• 1997, Peat
• 2013, Charcoal