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Minerals reported from Niigata prefecture, Japan
- 325 mineral species (283 approved species, 42 varieties and groups), 22 geological substances
- First description in the world: 7 species.
- First description in Japan: 34 species
Mineral species and geological substances reported from Niigata 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 Niigata prefeture
- Previous works
- 37 species (30 approved species, 7 varieties and groups); Tsunashiro Wada, Nihon kobutsu-shi, Japan, 275p. (1904)
- 48 species (40 approved species, 7 varieties and groups, an organic matter); Kotora Jimbo, Nobuyo Fukuchi, and Tozo Takimoto, Nihon kobutsu-shi, 2nd ed., Japan, 357p. (1916)
- 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)
- 1895, Actinolite
- 1918, Adularia
- 1875, Agate
- 2015, Aikinite
- 1936, Albite
- 2015, Aleksite
- 1962, Allanite-(Ce)
- 1899, Almandine
- 2003, Aluminoceladonite, 1st
- 1999, Amesite
- 1901, Amphibole supergroup
- 1885, Analcime, 1st
- 2015, Anatase
- 1915, Andalusite
- 1966, Andesine
- 1958, Andradite
- 1933, Anglesite
- 1936, Ankerite, 3rd
- 2011, Annite
- 1943, Anorthite
- 1934, Anorthoclase
- 1953, Anthophyllite
- 1953, Antigorite
- 1895, Apatite group Mostly Fluorapatite
- 1885, Apophyllite group, 1st, Mostly Apophyllite-(KF)
- 1907, Aragonite
- 1887, Argentite
- 1890, Arsenopyrite
- 1898, Augite
- 1960, Autunite
- 2008, Axinite-(Fe)
- 1897, Azurite
- 2005, Banalsite, 3rd
- 1895, Baryte, Barite
- 1998, Barroisite
- 1955, Bastite
- 2003, Beaverite-(Cu)
- 2008, Beaverite-(Zn), Type loc.
- 1987, Beidellite
- 1972, Benitoite, 1st
- 1895, Biotite series
- 1916, Bismite
- 1955, Bismuth
- 1909, Bismuthinite
- 1875, Bornite
- 2001, Brianyoungite, 1st
- 1999, Brochantite
- 1982, Bronzite
- 2015, Brookite
- 1969, Bustamite
- 1891, Calcite
- 2015, Cannizzarite
- 1999, Carbonatecyanotrichite, 2nd
- 1940, Cassiterite
- 1977, Celadonite
- 2005, Celsian
- 1933, Cerussite
- 1898, Chabazite series
- 1995, Chabazite-Na, Herschelite
- 1899, Chalcedony
- 1916, Chalcocite
- 1875, Chalcopyrite
- 1989, Chamosite
- 2013, Chibaite, 2nd
- 1957, Chlorargyrite
- 1895, Chlorite group, 3rd
- 1989, Chloritoid
- 1901, Chromite
- 1958, Chrysocolla
- 1960, Chrysotile
- 2003, Cinnabar
- 1949, Clinochlore
- 1965, Clinoptilolite series
- 1937, Clinozoisite, Thulite
- 2002, Clinozoisite-(Sr), Niigataite, Type loc.
- 1960, Coffinite
- 1892, Copper
- 1899, Cordierite
- 1995, Corundum
- 2015, Cosalite
- 1951, Covellite
- 1950, Cristobalite
- 2011, Crossite
- 1953, Cubanite
- 1981, Cummingtonite
- 1953, Cuprite
- 1999, Cyanotrichite, 2nd
- 1997, Eckermannite, 1st
- 1998, Edenite
- 1950, Electrum
- 1943, Enargite
- 1900, Epidote
- 1974, Epistilbite
- 1968, Erionite series, 2nd
- 1966, Erionite-Ca, 1st
- 1915, Feldspar group
- 1940, Ferberite
- 2002, Ferrierite-K, 1st
- 1989, Ferrierite-Mg
- 1918, Ferrimolybdite, 2nd
- 2008, Ferro-hornblende
- 1957, Ferrosaponite
- 1990, Ferrosilite
- 1961, Fluorapatite
- 1904, Fluorite
- 1894, Forsterite
- 1982, Fuchsite
- 1875, Galena
- 1899, Garnet group
- 1996, Garronite
- 1955, Gersdorffite
- 1979, Gibbsite
- 1966, Gismondine, 2nd
- 1963, Glauconite series
- 1998, Glaucophane
- 1893, Glendonite, 1st
- 1976, Gmelinite series, 1st
- 1995, Gmelinite-Na, 2nd
- 1961, Goethite
- 1875, Gold
- 1967, Gonnardite, 1st
- 1947, Goslarite
- 1900, Graphite
- 1947, Greenockite
- 1958, Grossular
- 2015, Gustavite
- 1891, Gypsum
- 1969, Gyrolite, 2nd
- 1955, Halloysite-7Å
- 1960, Halloysite-10Å
- 1965, Halotrichite
- 1998, Heazlewoodite
- 1904, Hedenbergite
- 1892, Hematite
- 1966, Hemimorphite
- 1981, Hercynite
- 1957, Hessite
- 1899, Heulandite series
- 1895, Hornblende series, Mostly Magnesio-hornblende
- 1940, Hübnerite, Hubnerite, 3rd
- 1895, Hypersthene
- 2015, Ikunolite
- 1961, Illite series
- 1942, Ilmenite
- 1899, Ilvaite
- 1934, Inesite
- 2015, Ingodite
- 1955, Interstratified minerals
- 1960, Interstratified minerals (Chlorite/Montmorillonite)
- 1977, Interstratified minerals (Halloysite/Montmorillonite), 1st
- 1972, Interstratified minerals (Illite/Montmorillonite)
- 1989, Interstratified minerals (Illite/Smectite)
- 1974, Interstratified minerals (Kaolin/Montmorillonite)
- 1979, Interstratified minerals (Mica/Montmorillonite)
- 1968, Interstratified minerals (Sericite/Montmorillonite)
- 1999, Itoigawaite, Type loc.
- 1981, Labradorite
- 1998, Lamprophyllite, 1st
- 2012, Langite
- 1965, Laumontite
- 2002, Leadhillite
- 1944, Lepidolite series
- 1972, Leucosphenite, 1st
- 1994, Leucoxene
- 1974, Lévyne series, Levyne series, 3rd
- 2015, Lillianite
- 1999, Linarite
- 1943, Luzonite, 1st
- 1988, Mackinawite
- 1952, Maghemite
- 1994, Magnesio-arfvedsonite
- 1943, Magnesio-hornblende
- 1973, Magnesio-riebeckite
- 1953, Magnesite
- 1895, Magnetite
- 1947, Malachite
- 1937, Manganite
- 1899, Manganoan calcite, 3rd
- 1894, Marcasite
- 2007, Margarite
- 2001, Matsubaraite, Type loc.
- 1998, Maucherite
- 1974, Mckinstryite, 3rd
- 1916, Melanterite
- 1936, Mesolite, 3rd
- 1966, Meta-autunite
- 1968, Miargyrite
- 1967, Microcline
- 1998, Millerite
- 1999, Mimetite
- 2002, Mogánite, Moganite
- 1897, Molybdenite
- 1960, Monazite-(Ce)
- 1937, Montmorillonite
- 1966, Mordenite
- 1917, Muscovite
- 1973, Ohmilite, Type loc.
- 1949, Oligoclase
- 1982, Omphacite
- 1898, Opal
- 1917, Orthoclase
- 2013, Osarizawaite, 3rd
- 1916, Osmium
- 1990, Osumilite
- 2000, Paragonite
- 1990, Pargasite
- 2015, Pavonite
- 2002, Pearceite
- 1954, Pectolite
- 1955, Pentlandite
- 1971, Petzite
- 2000, Phengite series
- 1951, Phillipsite-Ca, 2nd
- 1995, Phillipsite-Na, 1st
- 1953, Phlogopite
- 1931, Piemontite
- 1982, Pigeonite
- 1895, Plagioclase series
- 1904, Platinum
- 2001, Plumbojarosite, 2nd
- 1894, Polybasite
- 1953, Prehnite
- 2007, Preiswerkite, 1st
- 1928, Proustite
- 1971, Pumpellyite-(Al)
- 1889, Pyrargyrite
- 1875, Pyrite
- 1934, Pyrolusite
- 2002, Pyromorphite
- 1972, Pyrophyllite
- 1894, Pyroxene
- 1894, Pyrrhotite
- 1955, Rammelsbergite, 2nd
- 1956, Realgar
- 1999, Rengeite, Type loc.
- 1895, Rhodochrosite
- 1896, Rhodonite group
- 1997, Richterite
- 1997, Riebeckite
- 2005, Rosasite
- 2002, Roxbyite, 1st
- 1960, Rutile
- 1967, Saponite
- 1917, Scheelite
- 2002, Schorlomite
- 1999, Schulenbergite, 1st
- 1974, Scolecite
- 1965, Sepiolite
- 1900, Serpentine
- 1998, Shandite, 1st
- 1901, Siderite
- 1970, Sillimanite
- 1900, Silver
- 2002, Slawsonite
- 1993, Smectite group
- 1930, Smithsonite
- 1969, Spessartine
- 1887, Sphalerite
- 1955, Spinel
- 1962, Stannite
- 1889, Stephanite, 1st
- 1965, Stevensite, 2nd
- 1994, Stibnite
- 1975, Stilbite series
- 1971, Stilpnomelane
- 2015, Stolzite
- 1950, Stromeyerite, 2nd
- 1973, Stronadelphite, 1st
- 2002, Stronalsite
- 2010, Strontianite
- 2004, Strontiojoaquinite, 1st
- 1974, Strontio-orthojoaquinite, Type loc
- 1890, Sulphur
- 1952, Talc
- 1998, Tausonite, 1st
- 1896, Tennantite series, 1st
- 1967, Tenorite
- 1951, Tephroite
- 2015, Tetradymite
- 1891, Tetrahedrite series, 1st
- 1951, Thomsonite-Ca
- 1999, Thomsonite-Sr, 1st
- 1978, Titanite
- 2022, Törnebohmite-(Ce), Tornebohmite-(Ce), 1st
- 1972, Tosudite
- 1960, Tourmaline supergrouup
- 1939, Tremolite
- 1939, Tridymite
- 1976, Truscottite
- 1987, Orbicular igneous rocks
- 1902, Orbicular rhyolite, 2nd
- 1914, Accretionary lapilli
- 1900, Obsidian
- 1977, Perlite
- 1963, Carbonatite
- 1990, Orthoquartzite
- 1896, Limonite
- 1891, Asbestos
- 1978, Stalactite
- 1891, Clay silicate, 1st
- 1898, Siliceous sinter
- 1916, Calcareous sinter (Travertine)
- 1898, Silicified wood
- 1911, Diatomite
- 1892, Coal
- 1900, Peat
- 1990, Charcoal
- 1887, Petroleum, 1st
- 1997, Oil shale, Oil sand
- 1956, Asphalt