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Minerals reported from Osaka prefecture, Japan
- 135 mineral species (118 approved species, 17 varieties and groups), 6 geological substances
- First description in the world: 2 species.
- First description in Japan: 7 species
Mineral species and geological substances reported from Osaka 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 Osaka prefeture
- Previous works
- An approved species; Tsunashiro Wada, Nihon kobutsu-shi, Japan, 275p. (1904)
- An approved species; 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)
- 1949, Actinolite
- 2001, Adularia
- 1964, Aegirine-augite
- 1949, Alabandite
- 1942, Albite
- 1942, Allanite-(Ce)
- 1972, Allophane
- 1895, Almandine
- 1972, Alumohydrocalcite, 1st
- 1953, Amphibole supergroup
- 1955, Analcime
- 1956, Anatase
- 1996, Andradite
- 2001, Anglesite
- 2011, Anhydrite
- 1950, Annite
- 1992, Anthophyllite
- 1942, Apatite group, Mostly Fluorapatite
- 1953, Aragonite
- 1953, Arsenopyrite
- 2001, Aurichalcite
- 1957, Azurite
- 1949, Babingtonite, 2nd
- 2003, Baryte, Barite
- 2001, Bastnäsite-(Ce), Bastnasite-(Ce)
- 2001, Bastnäsite-(Y), Bastnasite-(Y), 1st
- 1952, Biotite series
- 1951, Bismite
- 1951, Bismuthinite
- 2012, Bornite
- 2001, Brianyoungite, 2nd
- 1952, Brochantite
- 1932, Bronzite
- 1900, Calcite
- 2006, Cassiterite
- 2001, Cerussite
- 1997, Chabazite series
- 2001, Chalcocite
- 1876, Chalcopyrite
- 2015, Chamosite
- 1952, Chlorite group
- 1954, Chromite
- 2001, Chrysocolla
- 1944, Cinnabar
- 1967, Clinoptilolite series
- 1953, Clinozoisite, Thulite
- 1947, Corundum
- 1996, Hastingsite
- 1952, Hausmannite
- 1952, Hedenbergite
- 1949, Hematite
- 2001, Hemimorphite
- 1949, Heulandite series
- 1974, Hornblende series, Mostly Magnesio-hornblende
- 1949, Hyalite
- 2001, Hydrozincite
- 1941, Hypersthene
- 1988, Mackinawite
- 1942, Magnetite
- 1953, Malachite
- 1978, Mangano-cummingtonite, as Tirodite
- 1949, Manganosite
- 1972, Marcasite
- 2001, Melanterite
- 1947, Metacinnabar, Corrected to Cinnabar in 1960.
- 1942, Microcline
- 2012, Minohlite, Type loc.
- 1953, Molybdenite
- 1956, Montmorillonite
- 1967, Mordenite
- 1949, Muscovite
- 1992, Sanidine
- 1959, Scheelite
- 1939, Schorl
- 2001, Schulenbergite, 2nd
- 2001, Serpierite
- 1972, Siderite
- 2001, Smithsonite
- 1949, Spessartine
- 1894, Sphalerite
- 1935, Stilbite series
- 1996, Stilpnomelane
- 1979, Sulphur
- 1987, Accretionary lapilli
- 1975, Orthoquartzite