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Minerals reported from Nara prefecture, Japan
- 183 mineral species (152 approved species, 31 varieties and groups), 8 geological substances
- First description in the world: 1 species.
- First description in Japan: 6 species
Mineral species and geological substances reported from Nara 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 Nara prefeture
- Previous works
- 5 approved species; Tsunashiro Wada, Nihon kobutsu-shi, Japan, 275p. (1904)
- 12 approved species; Kotora Jimbo, Nobuyo Fukuchi, and Tozo Takimoto, Nihon kobutsu-shi, 2nd ed., Japan, 357p. (1916)
- 97 species (88 approved species, 9 varieties and groups); Hirotake Inagaki, List of minerals of Nara prefecture, Chigaku Kenkyu, vol.16, no.8, pp.146-192 (1965)
- 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)
- 1951, Actinolite
- 1949, Adularia
- 1961, Aegirine-augite
- 1996, Agardite-(Y)
- 1903, Agate
- 1947, Albite
- 1935, Allanite-(Ce)
- 1971, Alloclasite, 1st
- 1899, Almandine
- 1965, Alunogen
- 1932, Amphibole supergroup
- 1944, Anatase
- 1933, Andalusite
- 1935, Andesine
- 1949, Andradite
- 1968, Ankerite
- 1960, Annite
- 1952, Anorthoclase
- 1986, Anthophyllite
- 1942, Apatite group, Mostly Fluorapatite
- 1965, Aragonite
- 1991, Arseniosiderite
- 1947, Arsenolite
- 1915, Arsenopyrite
- 1935, Augite
- 1968, Autunite
- 1963, Axinite-(Fe)
- 1965, Axinite-(Mn)
- 1965, Azurite
- 1901, Calcite
- 1965, Caryopilite, as Bementite
- 1965, Chalcanthite
- 1894, Chalcedony
- 1956, Chalcocite
- 1876, Chalcopyrite
- 1942, Chlorite group
- 1965, Chrysocolla
- 1894, Cinnabar
- 1996, Clinoclase
- 1942, Cobaltite
- 1965, Columbite-(Fe)
- 1947, Copper
- 1910, Cordierite
- 1996, Cornubite, 3rs
- 1996, Cornwallite, 3rd
- 1929, Corundum
- 1950, Covellite
- 1988, Crossite
- 1980, Cummingtonite
- 1965, Cuprite
- 1965, Gahnite, 3rd
- 1958, Galena
- 1885, Garnet group
- 1947, Gersdorffite
- 1943, Glaucodot, 3rd
- 1965, Glaucophane
- 1983, Gold
- 1965, Graphite
- 1904, Grossular
- 1965, Gypsum
- 1965, Halotrichite
- 1952, Hausmannite
- 1904, Hedenbergite
- 1954, Hematite
- 1983, Hercynite
- 1965, Heulandite series
- 1941, Hornblende series, Mostly Magnesio-hornblende
- 1965, Hyalite
- 1969, Hydrobiotite
- 1965, Hydroxystibioroméite, Hydroxystibioromeite, Stibiconite
- 1932, Hypersthene
- 1994, Maghemite
- 1987, Magnesio-hornblende
- 1988, Magnesio-riebeckite
- 1901, Magnetite
- 1950, Malachite
- 1949, Manganite
- 1915, Marcasite
- 1965, Melanterite
- 1892, Mercury
- 1915, Metacinnabar, 1st
- 1937, Metastibnite, 1st
- 1965, Microcline
- 1954, Molybdenite
- 1940, Monazite-(Ce)
- 1954, Montmorillonite
- 1900, Muscovite
- 1996, Pharmacosiderite
- 1988, Piemontite
- 1944, Plagioclase series
- 1996, Powellite
- 1965, Prehnite
- 1996, Pseudomalachite
- 2002, Pumpellyite-(Al), The description in 1974 is doubtful.
- 1876, Pyrite
- 1957, Pyrochroite
- 1965, Pyroxene
- 1894, Pyrrhotite
- 1935, Sanidine
- 2002, Scheelite
- 2001, Schorl
- 1996, Scorodite
- 2001, Sekaninaite
- 1965, Serpentine
- 1954, Siderite
- 1942, Sillimanite
- 1968, Skutterudite, 2nd
- 2008, Smectite group
- 1937, Sphalerite
- 1942, Spinel
- 1937, Staurolite, 2nd
- 1900, Stibnite
- 1965, Stilpnomelane
- 1952, Tephroite
- 1955, Tetrahedrite series
- 1965, Thorogummite
- 2002, Titanaugite
- 1952, Titanite
- 2000, Topaz
- 1965, Torbernite
- 1942, Tourmaline supergrouup
- 1952, Tremolite
- 1996, Tyrolite
- 1987, Accretionary lapilli
- 2012, Obsidian
- 1889, Limonite
- 1947, Stalactite
- 1965, Calcareous sinter (Travertine)