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Minerals reported from Nagasaki prefecture, Japan
- 237 mineral species (200 approved species, 37 varieties and groups), 20 geological substances
- First description in the world: 0 species.
- First description in Japan: 21 species
Mineral species and geological substances reported from Nagasaki 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 Nagasaki prefeture
- Previous works
- 10 approved species; Tsunashiro Wada, Nihon kobutsu-shi, Japan, 275p. (1904)
- 22 species (21 approved species, a group); Kotora Jimbo, Nobuyo Fukuchi, and Tozo Takimoto, Nihon kobutsu-shi, 2nd ed., Japan, 357p. (1916)
- 134 species (122 approved species, 9 varieties and groups, 3 organic matters); Yohachiro Okamoto, Nagasakiken Kobutsu-shi, Japan, 164p. (1958)
- 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)
- 1893, Actinolite
- 1953, Adularia
- 1958, Aegirine
- 1890, Agate
- 1950, Albite
- 1950, Allanite-(Ce)
- 1952, Allophane
- 1958, Almandine
- 2004, Aluminoceladonite, 2nd
- 1894, Alum-(K)
- 1941, Alunite
- 1958, Alunogen
- 1891, Amphibole supergroup
- 1910, Analcime
- 1956, Anatase
- 1950, Andalusite
- 1910, Andesine
- 1953, Anglesite
- 1972, Ankerite
- 1910, Anorthite
- 1950, Anorthoclase
- 1958, Anthophyllite
- 1942, Antigorite
- 1891, Apatite group, Mostly Fluorapatite, 2nd
- 1910, Apophyllite group, Mostly Apophyllite-(KF)
- 1911, Aragonite
- 1987, Ardennite-(As)
- 1955, Argentite
- 2020, Argentotetrahedrite-(Fe) 1st
- 1953, Arsenopyrite
- 2000, Atacamite
- 1899, Augite
- 1958, Axinite-(Fe)
- 1958, Baryte, Barite
- 2005, Barrerite, 1st
- 1987, Barroisite
- 1891, Biotite series
- 1949, Bismuth
- 1956, Bismuthinite
- 1957, Bixbyite, 2nd
- 1958, Böhmite, Bohmite
- 1953, Bornite
- 1958, Boulangerite
- 1969, Bournonite
- 1982, Boyleite, 2nd
- 1947, Braunite
- 2000, Brochantite
- 1889, Bronzite
- 1910, Calcite
- 1941, Calomel, 1st
- 2004, Celadonite
- 1953, Cerussite
- 1893, Chabazite series, 1st
- 1894, Chalcedony, 1st
- 1953, Chalcocite
- 1926, Chalcopyrite
- 1971, Chamosite
- 1950, Chlorite group
- 2012, Chloritoid
- 1954, Chromite
- 1958, Chrysocolla
- 1954, Chrysotile
- 1899, Cinnabar
- 1958, Clinochlore, as Leuchtenbergite
- 1958, Clino-ferro-suenoite, as Mangano-grunerite
- 1965, Clinoptilolite series
- 1992, Clino-suenoite, as Tirodite
- 1954, Clinozoisite, Thulite
- 2000, Connellite, 3rd
- 1958, Copper
- 1961, Cordierite
- 1950, Corundum
- 1953, Covellite
- 1990, Cowlesite, 2nd
- 1957, Cristobalite
- 1958, Cubanite
- 1973, Cummingtonite
- 1891, Galena
- 1900, Garnet group
- 1953, Gersdorffite
- 1958, Gibbsite
- 1958, Glauconite series
- 1950, Glaucophane
- 1993, Gobbinsite, 1st
- 1961, Goethite
- 1904, Gold
- 1926, Graphite
- 1958, Greenockite
- 1958, Grossular
- 1954, Gypsum
- 1958, Halite
- 1954, Halloysite-7Å
- 1952, Halloysite-10Å
- 1958, Halotrichite
- 1964, Hedenbergite
- 1895, Hematite
- 1958, Hemimorphite
- 2003, Hennomartinite, 1st
- 1899, Heulandite series
- 2001, Hisingerite
- 1982, Hollandite
- 1891, Hornblende series, Mostly Magnesio-hornblende, 1st
- 2000, Huntite, 1st
- 1904, Hyalite
- 1955, Hypersthene
- 1970, Illite series
- 1891, Ilmenite, 1st
- 1958, Ilvaite
- 1983, Interstratified minerals (Chlorite/Montmorillonite)
- 1996, Interstratified minerals (Chlorite/Smectite)
- 1979, Interstratified minerals (Chlorite/Vermiculite)
- 1969, Interstratified minerals (Hydromica/Mica), 1st
- 1974, Interstratified minerals (Illite/Montmorillonite)
- 1996, Interstratified minerals (Sericite/Smectite)
- 1954, Labradorite
- 2002, Langite
- 1953, Laumontite
- 1961, Lepidocrocite
- 1967, Lévyne series, Levyne series, 1st
- 1990, Lévyne-Ca, Levyne-Ca, 3rd
- 1972, Lévyne-Na, Levyne-Na, 1st
- 1958, Linarite
- 1988, Mackinawite
- 1953, Maghemite
- 1987, Magnesio-hastingsite
- 1916, Magnesite
- 1891, Magnetite
- 1926, Malachite
- 1954, Marcasite
- 1958, Melanterite
- 1891, Mercury, 1st
- 2005, Mesolite
- 1941, Metacinnabar, 2nd
- 1958, Millerite
- 1953, Mimetite
- 2004, Monazite-(Ce)
- 1954, Montmorillonite
- 2005, Mordenite
- 1900, Muscovite
- 1978, Paragonite
- 1958, Pargasite
- 1958, Pectolite
- 1989, Pharmacosiderite
- 1971, Phillipsite-Ca
- 1958, Phlogopite
- 1917, Piemontite
- 1992, Piemontite-(Sr)
- 1969, Pigeonite
- 1894, Plagioclase series
- 1958, Platinum
- 1969, Prehnite
- 1958, Pumpellyite-(Al)
- 1958, Pyrargyrite
- 1890, Pyrite
- 1953, Pyromorphite
- 1943, Pyrophyllite
- 1891, Pyroxene, 2nd
- 1916, Pyrrhotite
- 1958, Schirmerite, 2nd
- 1899, Schorl
- 1974, Scolecite
- 1895, Serpentine
- 1908, Siderite
- 1996, Smectite group
- 1958, Smithsonite
- 1958, Spessartine
- 1914, Sphalerite
- 1967, Spinel
- 1958, Stannite
- 1899, Staurolite, Doubtful
- 1898, Stilbite series
- 1958, Stilpnomelane
- 1998, Strontiomelane, 1st
- 1891, Sulphur
- 1992, Sursassite
- 1895, Talc
- 1987, Taramite, 1st
- 1969, Tephroite
- 1955, Tetrahedrite series
- 1971, Thomsonite-Ca
- 1959, Titanaugite
- 1950, Titanite
- 1983, Topaz
- 1899, Tourmaline supergrouup
- 1954, Tremolite
- 1899, Tridymite
- 1950, Orbicular igneous rocks
- 1971, Orbicular rhyolite
- 1991, Accretionary lapilli
- 1909, Obsidian
- 1979, Orthoquartzite
- 1900, Limonite
- 1891, Asbestos
- 1958, Marsh ore
- 1910, Stalactite
- 1964, Clay silicate
- 1922, Siliceous sinter
- 1911, Calcareous sinter (Travertine)
- 1947, Silicified wood
- 1911, Diatomite
- 1958, Amber
- 1885, Coal
- 1971, Peat
- 1958, Charcoal
- 1964, Coke