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Minerals reported from Shimane prefecture, Japan
- 328 mineral species (283 approved species, 45 varieties and groups), 17 geological substances
- First description in the world: 2 species.
- First description in Japan: 35 species
Mineral species and geological substances reported from Shimane 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 Shimane prefeture
- Previous works
- 15 species (14 approved species, a variety); Tsunashiro Wada, Nihon kobutsu-shi, Japan, 275p. (1904)
- 30 species (28 approved species, 2 varieties and groups); 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)
- 1886, Actinolite, 2nd
- 1965, Adularia
- 1913, Aegirine, 1st
- 1928, Aegirine-augite
- 1928, Aenigmatite, 1st
- 1897, Agate
- 1978, Aikinite
- 1974, Åkermanite, Akermanite, 1st
- 1969, Alabandite
- 1927, Albite
- 2002, Aleksite, 3rd
- 1961, Allanite-(Ce)
- 1972, Allophane
- 1927, Almandine
- 1985, Alunite
- 1927, Amphibole supergroup
- 1926, Analcime
- 1972, Anatase
- 1961, Andalusite
- 1930, Andesine
- 1965, Andradite
- 2006, Anglesite
- 1957, Anhydrite
- 1965, Ankerite
- 1936, Annite
- 1990, Anorthite
- 1928, Anorthoclase
- 1931, Antigorite
- 1927, Apatite group, Mostly Fluorapatite
- 1963, Apophyllite group, Mostly Apophyllite-(KF)
- 1927, Aragonite
- 1928, Arfvedsonite, 1st
- 1894, Argentite
- 1916, Arsenic
- 1978, Arsenohauchecornite, 1st
- 1886, Arsenopyrite
- 2021, Atacamite
- 1902, Augite
- 1976, Aurichalcite
- 1961, Autunite
- 1958, Axinite-(Fe)
- 1888, Azurite
- 1984, Babingtonite
- 1896, Baryte, Barite
- 1985, Barroisite
- 2021, Beaverite-(Cu), 5th
- 1990, Benavidesite, 1st
- 1969, Berthierite
- 1958, Beryl
- 1909, Biotite series
- 1969, Birnessite
- 1962, Bismuth
- 1978, Bismuthinite
- 1894, Bornite
- 2021, Brochantite
- 1964, Bronzite
- 2008, Brucite
- 1969, Bustamite
- 1931, Bytownite
- 1886, Calcite
- 1978, Canfieldite
- 2021, Carbonatecyanotrichite, 6th, or Cyanotrichite
- 1969, Caryopilite, as Bementite
- 1947, Cassiterite
- 1984, Celadonite
- 1957, Celestine, 1st
- 1997, Cerussite
- 1931, Chabazite series
- 1977, Chabazite-Ca
- 2021, Chalcanthite
- 1897, Chalcedony
- 2021, Chalcoalumite, 5th
- 1926, Chalcocite
- 1875, Chalcopyrite
- 1957, Chamosite
- 2007, Chlorargyrite
- 1916, Chlorite group
- 1962, Chondrodite
- 1931, Chromite
- 1960, Chrysocolla
- 1973, Chrysotile
- 1990, Clerite, 1st
- 1928, Clinochlore, 2nd
- 1967, Clinoptilolite series
- 1969, Clinoptilolite-Ca, 1st
- 1951, Clinozoisite, Thulite
- 1981, Cobaltite
- 1961, Coffinite
- 1888, Copper
- 1961, Cordierite
- 2021, Corkite, 6th
- 1961, Corundum
- 1978, Cosalite
- 1926, Covellite
- 1977, Cowlesite, 1st
- 1932, Cristobalite, 1st
- 1983, Crossite
- 1973, Cryptomelane
- 1979, Cummingtonite
- 1895, Cuprite
- 2021, Cyanotrichite, 4th, or Carbonatecyanotrichite
- 1914, Fayalite, 1st
- 1903, Feldspar group
- 1976, Ferberite
- 1995, Ferrierite-Mg
- 1932, Ferrimolybdite
- 2022, Ferriprehnite, Type loc.
- 1993, Ferrobustamite
- 1928, Ferro-hornblende, 3rd, as Barkevikite
- 1928, Ferro-katophorite
- 1943, Ferrosaponite, as Lembergite
- 1929, Ferro-taramite, 1st
- 1998, Fluorapatite
- 1934, Fluorite
- 2000, Fluorophlogopite, 2nd
- 1889, Forsterite, 1st
- 2005, Gahnite
- 2000, Galaxite
- 1886, Galena
- 1900, Garnet group
- 2002, Garronite
- 1929, Gibbsite, 2nd
- 1952, Gismondine, 1st
- 1983, Glauconite series
- 1983, Glaucophane
- 2000, Gobbinsite, 2nd
- 1954, Goethite
- 1926, Gold
- 1998, Gonnardite
- 1963, Graphite
- 1899, Grossular
- 1993, Gustavite
- 1891, Gypsum
- 1962, Halloysite-7Å
- 1972, Halloysite-10Å
- 1922, Harmotome, 1st
- 1928, Hastingsite, 2nd
- 1978, Hauchecornite, 1st
- 1952, Hausmannite
- 1903, Hedenbergite
- 1981, Hedleyite
- 1893, Hematite
- 2021, Hemimorphite
- 1999, Hemoilmenite
- 1964, Hercynite
- 1978, Hessite
- 1967, Heulandite series
- 2021, Hinsdalite, 3rd
- 1900, Hornblende series, Mostly Magnesio-hornblende
- 1902, Hyalite
- 1994, Hydrobiotite
- 1979, Hydrogrossular
- 2008, Hydrowoodwardite, 1st
- 2003, Hydroxylapatite
- 1918, Hypersthene
- 1956, Illite series
- 1929, Ilmenite
- 1915, Ilsemannite
- 1951, Ilvaite
- 1967, Imogolite
- 1955, Interstratified minerals
- 1963, Interstratified minerals (Chlorite/Montmorillonite)
- 1974, Interstratified minerals (Chlorite/Saponite)
- 1984, Interstratified minerals (Chlorite/Smectite)
- 1973, Interstratified minerals (Clinochlore/Saponite), 1st
- 1969, Interstratified minerals (Illite/Montmorillonite)
- 2006, Interstratified minerals (Illite/Smectite)
- 1993, Interstratified minerals (Mica/Smectite)
- 1973, Interstratified minerals (Sericite/Montmorillonite)
- 2000, Jacobsite
- 2007, Jalpaite
- 1969, Jamesonite
- 1963, Jarosite
- 1897, Jasper, 2nd
- 1963, Joséite, Joseite, 1st
- 1963, Joséite-B, Joseite-B, 1st
- 1992, Julgoldite-(Fe2+), 1st
- 1988, Mackinawite
- 2000, Magnesioferrite
- 1936, Magnesio-hornblende
- 1983, Magnesio-riebeckite
- 1932, Magnesite
- 1892, Magnetite
- 1894, Malachite
- 1968, Malayaite, 2nd
- 1951, Manganite
- 1937, Manganoan calcite
- 1969, Mangano-grunerite, as Dannemorite
- 1947, Marcasite
- 1981, Matildite
- 1973, Mawsonite
- 1978, Mckinstryite
- 1950, Melilite series, 1st
- 1997, Melonite
- 2007, Mesolite
- 1961, Metaschoepite, 1st
- 1927, Microcline
- 1897, Molybdenite
- 1957, Monazite-(Ce)
- 1954, Montmorillonite
- 1967, Mordenite
- 1900, Muscovite
- 1931, Paragonite, 1st
- 1950, Pargasite
- 1981, Parkerite, 2nd
- 2007, Pearceite
- 1981, Pentlandite
- 1990, Petzite
- 1962, Pharmacosiderite, 2nd
- 1983, Phengite series
- 1949, Phillipsite-Ca, 1st
- 1998, Phillipsite-K, 1st
- 1936, Phlogopite
- 2005, Piemontite
- 1977, Pigeonite
- 1902, Plagioclase series
- 2021, Plumbogummite, 8th
- 2007, Polybasite
- 2021, Portlandite, 1st
- 1963, Prehnite
- 1983, Pumpellyite-(Al)
- 1986, Pumpellyite-(Fe2+), 2nd
- 1904, Pyrargyrite
- 1875, Pyrite
- 1928, Pyrochlore group
- 2000, Pyrolusite
- 2021, Pyromorphite
- 1984, Pyrophyllite
- 1889, Pyroxene, 1st
- 1981, Pyroxmangite
- 1916, Pyrrhotite
- 2000, Ranciéite, Rancieite
- 1940, Realgar
- 1926, Rhodochrosite
- 1951, Rhodonite group
- 1931, Rhönite, Rhonite, 1st
- 1928, Riebeckite, 2nd
- 1927, Rutile
- 1928, Sanidine
- 1984, Saponite
- 1952, Scheelite
- 2021, Schorl
- 1998, Scolecite
- 1954, Scorodite
- 1953, Serpentine
- 1875, Siderite
- 1981, Siegenite
- 1963, Sillimanite
- 1875, Silver, 1st
- 1984, Smectite group
- 2021, Smithsonite
- 1977, Sodalite, 1st, Doubtful
- 1951, Spessartine
- 1886, Sphalerite
- 1971, Spinel
- 1968, Stannite
- 1973, Stannoidite
- 1968, Stevensite
- 1892, Stibnite
- 1936, Stilbite series
- 1974, Stilpnomelane
- 1978, Stromeyerite
- 1977, Sudoite
- 1978, Sylvanite
- 1953, Talc
- 1988, Tennantite series
- 2020, Tennantite-(Fe), 1st
- 1960, Tenorite
- 1952, Tephroite
- 1978, Tetradymite
- 1943, Tetrahedrite series
- 1931, Thomsonite-Ca
- 1930, Titanaugite
- 1953, Titanite
- 1969, Todorokite
- 1934, Topaz
- 1975, Tosudite
- 1983, Tourmaline supergrouup
- 1951, Tremolite
- 1928, Tridymite
- 1978, Tsumoite, Type loc.
- 1922, Orbicular rhyolite
- 1932, Accretionary lapilli
- 1892, Obsidian
- 2004, Perlite
- 1982, Orthoquartzite
- 1897, Limonite
- 1924, Wad, 3rd
- 1918, Asbestos
- 1921, Soapstone
- 1920, alcareous sinter (Travertine)
- 1926, Dendrite
- 1897, Silicified wood
- 1921, Diatomite
- 1961, Amber
- 1894, Coal
- 1976, Charcoal
- 1898, Petroleum