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Minerals reported from Toyama prefecture, Japan
- 125 mineral species (104 approved species, 21 varieties and groups), 13 geological substances
- First description in the world: 0 species.
- First description in Japan: 4 species
Mineral species and geological substances reported from Toyama 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 Toyama prefeture
- Previous works
- 7 approved species; Tsunashiro Wada, Nihon kobutsu-shi, Japan, 275p. (1904)
- 22 species (17 approved species, 5 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)
- 1966, Actinolite
- 1996, Adamite
- 1875, Agate
- 1940, Albite
- 1954, Allanite-(Ce)
- 1899, Almandine
- 1939, Amphibole supergroup
- 1951, Andalusite
- 1937, Andesine
- 1941, Andradite
- 1932, Anorthoclase
- 1973, Anthophyllite
- 1959, Antigorite
- 1964, Apatite group, Mostly Fluorapatite
- 1956, Aragonite
- 1956, Argentite
- 1908, Arsenopyrite
- 1966, Augite
- 1904, Azurite
- 1898, Calcite
- 1956, Cerussite
- 1903, Chalcedony
- 1890, Chalcopyrite
- 1936, Chamosite
- 1936, Chlorite group
- 1978, Chloritoid
- 1953, Chrysocolla
- 1959, Clinohumite
- 1959, Clinozoisite, Thulite
- 1973, Cordierite
- 1970, Corundum
- 1983, Cristobalite
- 1956, Cummingtonite
- 1960, Halloysite-7Å
- 1939, Hastingsite
- 1899, Hedenbergite
- 1908, Hematite
- 1908, Hemimorphite
- 1894, Hornblende series, Mostly Magnesio-hornblende
- 1895, Hyalite, 1st
- 1963, Hydrozincite
- 1970, Hypersthene
- 2003, Pargasite
- 1953, Phlogopite
- 1904, Plagioclase series
- 1954, Polycrase-(Y)
- 1957, Powellite, 1st
- 1970, Prehnite
- 1893, Pyrite
- 1904, Pyromorphite
- 1894, Pyroxene
- 1890, Pyrrhotite
- 1959, Samarskite-(Y)
- 1997, Sanidine
- 1959, Saponite
- 1973, Scapolite series, Mostly Marialite
- 1892, Selensulphur, 2nd
- 1956, Serpentine
- 1892, Siderite
- 1951, Sillimanite
- 1908, Smithsonite
- 1893, Sphalerite
- 1970, Spinel
- 1951, Staurolite
- 1875, Sulphur
- 1955, Orbicular igneous rocks
- 2012, Orbicular rhyolite
- 2004, Obsidian
- 2011, Pseudotachylyte
- 1975, Orthoquartzite
- 1904, Limonite
- 1903, Stalactite
- 1904, Siliceous sinter
- 1947, Silica gel
- 1913, Calcareous sinter (Travertine)
- 1908, Dendrite