Japanese garnet localities

1,413 localities

A list of Japanese garnet 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 garnet was reported. Lists of specific species are summaried in pages of each garnet species.

Year of description: Location (Prefecture, Synonym, Comments)
Year 1885: Mount Tanakami (Shiga), Wada pass (Nagano), Yamanoo (Ibaraki, Makabe mine), Noguchi (Nagano, Azumi), Kurodake mine (Toyama, Mount Arimine), Mount Nijo (Nara, Anamushi), Osaka (Nara, Koshiba), Ishikawa (Fukushima)
Year 1886: Yamakawa mine (Miyazaki)
Year 1888: Sakurago mine (Yamaguchi, Asahi mine, Zomeki mine), Uenohara mine (Okayama)
Year 1891: Okitayama mine (Ibaraki), Atagoyama mine (Fukushima), Hayamadake mine (Fukushima)
Year 1892: Kamaishi mine (Iwate), Komakikura mine (Iwate), Miyo island (Ehime, Niihama), Waga-Sennin mine (Iwate, Tohira-Natsuhata mine), Kiura mine (Oita), Obira mine (Oita)
1893�N: Shichirigahama seashore (Kanagawa, Kamakura, Placer)

See Japanese page for more localities.