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Japanese cordierite localities

433 localities

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

This list includes pseudomorph after cordierite such as cerasite.

Year of description

Location (Prefecture, Synonym, Comments)

Year 1883

Mount Asama (Nagano, in Ceramicite)

Year 1889

Sori (Gunma, Azuma, as Cerasite)

Year 1890

Sakura-Tenjin shrine (Kyoto, as Cerasite)

Year 1894

Mount Goro (Nagano), Iriya (Miyagi, Motoyoshi), Yakushima island (Kagoshima)

Year 1895

Mount Nyoigatake (Kyoto, as Cerasite), Torihama-Minamio (Fukui, Mikata)

Year 1896

Mount Iwate (Iwate, in Ceramicite)

Year 1897

Kusatsu river (Shiga)

See Japanese page for more localities.