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Japanese hornblende localities

1,597 localities

A list of Japanese hornblende localities described in citable papers and books. The list is edited based on the editing policy of location lists.

This is a list of locations where the mineral described as hornblende was reported. Lists of specific species are summaried in pages of Ferro-hornblende and Magnesio-hornblende.

Year of description

Location (Prefecture, Synonym, Comments)

Year 1891

Mount Abukuma (Fukushima), Mount Unzendake (Nagasaki)

Year 1894

Mount Ishigami (Kumamoto), Mount Minakami (Nagano, Matsushiro), Shimoyama (Fukui, Shimo-Anauma), Omiya (Fukui, Ono), Ryugabanba (Ishikawa, Mount Hakusan), Hinoshuku (Ishikawa, Mount Hakusan), Shinyu (Toyama, Mount Tateyama)

Year 1895

Misumi port (Kumamoto), Mount Tado (Kochi, Muroto), Kujiranami seashore (Niigata, Kashiwazaki), Mount Shiroyama (Niigata, Shironokoshi, Yoneyama), Mount Hatamochi (Niigata, Yoneyama), Tebako-iwa (Niigata, Yoneyama), Kiura mine (Oita), Mount Tatsuta (Kumamoto, Kurokami)

Year 1896

Kamioka mine (Gifu), Shiotaura (Hyogo, Awaji island), Manen bridge (Yamanashi, Obayashi, Atsuna, Okado river)

Year 1897

Maehara (Chiba), Shokozan (Hiroshima)

Year 1899

Uda river (Fukushima, Soma), Obira mine (Oita, Ginjiki)

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