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Minerals reported from Tochigi prefecture, Japan
- 314 mineral species (282 approved species, 32 varieties and groups), 14 geological substances
- First description in the world: 2 species.
- First description in Japan: 41 species
Mineral species and geological substances reported from Tochigi 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 Tochigi prefeture
- Previous works
- 22 species (21 approved species, a variety); Tsunashiro Wada, Nihon kobutsu-shi, Japan, 275p. (1904)
- 41 species (36 approved species, 4 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)
- 1936, Actinolite
- 1935, Adularia
- 2005, Ajoite, 1st
- 1935, Alabandite, 2nd
- 1938, Albite
- 1938, Allanite-(Ce)
- 1938, Alleghanyite, 1st
- 2015, Alloclasite
- 1952, Allophane
- 2008, Almandine
- 1889, Alum-(K), 3rd
- 1952, Alunite
- 1928, Alunogen
- 1938, Amphibole supergroup
- 1939, Analcime
- 1950, Anatase
- 1890, Andalusite
- 2005, Anglesite
- 1938, Ankerite
- 1899, Anorthite
- 1901, Apatite group, Mostly Fluorapatite
- 1973, Apophyllite group, Mostly Apophyllite-(KF)
- 1924, Aragonite
- 1905, Argentite
- 1875, Arsenopyrite, 1st
- 1934, Augite
- 1982, Aurichalcite
- 1952, Axinite-(Mn)
- 1914, Azurite
- 2002, Bariopharmacosiderite, 2nd
- 1908, Baryte, Barite
- 1938, Bastite, 1st
- 2024, Bayldonite, 6th
- 1947, Berthierite, 3rd
- 2013, Beudantite
- 1925, Biotite series
- 1992, Bismoclite, 1st
- 1898, Bismuth
- 1916, Bismuthinite
- 1961, Bismutite
- 1986, Bolivarite, 1st
- 1875, Bornite
- 1952, Braunite
- 2002, Brochantite
- 1992, Brucite
- 1962, Bustamite
- 1994, Cacoxenite
- 1895, Calcite
- 2024, Caledonite, 9th
- 1973, Canfieldite, 3rd
- 2003, Cannonite, 2nd
- 2005, Carbonatecyanotrichite
- 2014, Carminite
- 1935, Caryopilite, as Bementite
- 1953, Cassiterite
- 1971, Celadonite
- 1936, Celsian, 1st
- 1954, Cerussite
- 1896, Chabazite series
- 1902, Chalcanthite
- 1901, Chalcedony
- 1902, Chalcocite
- 2004, Chalcophyllite, 3rd
- 1875, Chalcopyrite
- 1947, Chamosite
- 1932, Chlorite group
- 1972, Chrysocolla
- 1959, Clinochlore
- 2002, Clinoclase
- 1950, Clinoptilolite series, 2nd
- 1998, Clinozoisite, Thulite
- 1966, Cobaltite
- 1994, Cobaltkoritnigite, 1st
- 1955, Coffinite, 1st
- 2014, Conichalcite
- 1892, Copper
- 1901, Cordierite
- 2024, Corkite, 7th
- 2002, Cornubite
- 2002, Cornwallite
- 1925, Corundum
- 1973, Cosalite
- 1953, Covellite
- 1965, Cristobalite
- 1972, Cryptomelane
- 1963, Cubanite
- 1892, Cuprite, 2nd
- 1939, Fayalite
- 1982, Feitknechtite
- 1938, Feldspar group
- 1908, Ferberite, 2nd
- 1948, Ferro-hornblende
- 2020, Ferrorhodonite, 1st
- 1974, Ferrosaponite
- 1954, Ferrosilite
- 1963, Fluellite, 1st
- 1901, Fluorapatite, 2nd
- 1897, Fluorite
- 2003, Foitite
- 1934, Forsterite
- 2024, Friedelite, 1st
- 1988, Gageite
- 1931, Galaxite, 1st
- 1894, Galena
- 1998, Galenobismutite
- 1935, Garnet group
- 1972, Gersdorffite
- 1954, Gibbsite
- 1991, Glaucochroite, 1st
- 1982, Goethite
- 1875, Gold
- 1902, Goslarite, 2nd
- 1900, Graphite
- 1939, Greenockite
- 1991, Grossular
- 1962, Grunerite
- 1893, Gypsum
- 1944, Halloysite-7Å
- 1928, Halotrichite
- 1937, Harmotome, 2nd
- 1935, Hauerite
- 1952, Hausmannite
- 1938, Hedenbergite
- 1959, Helvine
- 1892, Hematite
- 2007, Hemimorphite
- 1925, Hercynite, 1st
- 1938, Heulandite series
- 1982, Hidalgoite, Corrected to Philipsbornite
- 1938, Hornblende series, Mostly Magnesio-hornblende
- 1908, Hübnerite, Hubnerite, 1st
- 1933, Hyalite
- 1936, Hyalophane, 1st
- 2013, Hydrozincite
- 1979, Hypersthene
- 1957, Labradorite
- 2002, Laihunite
- 1992, Laitakarite
- 1982, Langite
- 1916, Laumontite
- 1982, Lazulite, 2nd
- 1942, Lepidocrocite, Corrected to Protolithionite
- 1963, Leucoxene
- 1998, Lillianite
- 1982, Linarite
- 1978, Lithiophorite
- 1982, Löllingite, Lollingite
- 1910, Ludlamite, 1st
- 1995, Magnesiofoitite, as Dravite in 1982
- 1932, Magnesite
- 1892, Magnetite
- 1908, Malachite
- 1899, Manganite
- 1936, Manganoan calcite
- 1938, Mangano-cummingtonite, 1st
- 1938, Mangano-grunerite, 1st
- 2016, Manganohörnesite, Manganohornesite, 1st
- 1935, Manganosite, 1st
- 1902, Marcasite
- 1898, Matildite, Denied in 1916 and described in 1947 again
- 1969, Mawsonite
- 1938, Meionite, 1st
- 1902, Melanterite
- 1957, Microcline
- 2002, Mimetite
- 1971, Mirabilite
- 2002, Mixite, 2nd
- 1908, Molybdenite
- 1959, Monazite-(Ce)
- 1948, Montmorillonite
- 1982, Mooreite, 1st
- 2015, Moorhouseite, 1st
- 2003, Mottramite, 3rd
- 1922, Muscovite
- 1961, Palygorskite
- 1963, Pararammelsbergite, Doubtful
- 2008, Pargasite
- 2002, Parnauite, 3rd
- 1966, Pentlandite
- 2002, Pharmacosiderite
- 1982, Philipsbornite
- 1978, Phillipsite-Ca
- 1938, Phlogopite
- 1959, Pigeonite
- 1925, Plagioclase series
- 1987, Planerite, 2nd
- 2024, Plumbogummite, 9th
- 2024, Plumbojarosite, 4th
- 1973, Posnjakite, 1st
- 1999, Proto-ferro-suenoite, Proto-mangano-ferro-anthophyllite, Type loc.
- 1942, Protolitionite
- 1898, Proustite, 1st
- 1898, Pyrargyrite
- 1887, Pyrite
- 1938, Pyrochroite, 1st
- 1916, Pyrolusite
- 2007, Pyromorphite
- 1939, Pyrophanite, 1st
- 1926, Pyrophyllite
- 1957, Pyrosmalite-(Fe), 1st
- 1957, Pyrosmalite-(Mn), 1st
- 1954, Pyroxene
- 1957, Pyroxmangite
- 1902, Pyrrhotite
- 2008, Ranciéite, Rancieite
- 1904, Realgar
- 1986, Rectorite
- 1916, Rhodochrosite
- 1917, Rhodonite group
- 1994, Ribbeite
- 2002, Roquesite
- 2005, Rosasite
- 1993, Rucklidgeite, 2nd
- 1952, Rutile
- 1963, Safflorite, 1st
- 1938, Saponite, 2nd
- 1938, Scapolite series, Mostly Marialite
- 1908, Scheelite
- 1982, Schorl
- 2024, Schulenbergite, 6th
- 1982, Scorodite
- 2014, Segnitite
- 1900, Selensulphur
- 1963, Sepiolite
- 1952, Serpentine
- 1904, Siderite
- 1986, Siegenite
- 1942, Sillimanite
- 1917, Silver
- 1986, Smectite group
- 2013, Smithsonite
- 1962, Sonolite
- 1935, Spessartine
- 1894, Sphalerite
- 1950, Stannite
- 1969, Stannoidite
- 1909, Stibnite
- 1899, Stilbite series
- 1947, Stromeyerite, 1st
- 2008, Sturtite, 1st
- 1875, Sulphur
- 2024, Susannite, 1st
- 1980, Sussexite
- 1973, Talc
- 1987, Tennantite series
- 1898, Tenorite
- 1935, Tephroite, 1st, First discovery may be in Aichi pref. before 1935.
- 1939, Tetrahedrite series
- 1971, Thenardite, 3rd
- 2008, Thomsonite-Ca
- 1969, Tinzenite, 1st
- 1938, Titanite
- 2008, Todorokite
- 1943, Topaz
- 1938, Tourmaline supergrouup
- 1936, Tremolite
- 1934, Tridymite
- 2008, Tučekite, Tucekite, 2nd
- 1987, Turquoise, 1st
- 1930, Wavellite, 1st, as Fischerite
- 2013, Willemite, 3rd
- 1980, Wiserite
- 1955, Wittichenite
- 1904, Wolframite, Mostly Ferberite
- 1957, Wollastonite
- 2007, Wulfenite
- 1929, Wurtzite
- 1979, Accretionary lapilli
- 1900, Obsidian
- 1945, Limonite
- 1954, Asbestos
- 1916, Stalactite
- 1919, Siliceous sinter
- 1909, Calcareous sinter (Travertine)
- 1984, Dendrite
- 1933, Silicified wood
- 1923, Diatomite
- 1900, Coal
- 1979, Peat
- 1916, Charcoal
- 1911, Petroleum