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Japanese enstatite localities

87 localities

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

Enstatite is also described as hypersthene and bronzite.

Year of description

Location (Prefecture, Synonym, Comments)

Year 1903

Mount Niijima (Tokyo, Niijima island)

Year 1907

Minoyama (Yamaguchi, Yanaitsu)

Year 1923

Mount Goro (Nagano)

Year 1937

Gongen valley (Ehime), Hitachi mine (Ibaraki)

Year 1941

Mount Chogamori (Iwate, Shiwa), Wada mine (Fukui), Oshima mine (Fukui)

Year 1948

Awa-Kamogawa (Chiba)

Year 1950

Shirataki mine (Kochi), Koyabe (Kanagawa, Yokosuka)

Year 1951

Miyamori (Iwate, Kami-Hei, Serpentinite)

Year 1953

Kengamine mine (Fukushima)

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