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Japanese pyrophyllite localities

339 localities

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

Year of description

Location (Prefecture, Synonym, Comments)

Year 1875

Mitsuishi (Okayama, Daiyama), Shinyo mine (Nagano, Soehi)

Year 1890

Shokozan (Hiroshima)

Year 1914

Hitachi-Keisekiyama (Ibaraki)

Year 1916

Fukuyama mine (Hyogo, Fukumoto)

Year 1921

Southern Higuchi (Saitama)

Year 1922

Warizawa (Iwate, Ishidoriya, Confirmed in 1963)

Year 1923

Kanakura mine (Nagano)

Year 1924

Nasusa (Yamaguchi)

Year 1926

Ashio mine (Tochigi), Nanamagari mine (Hiroshima, Shokozan), Takinotani mine (Hiroshima, Shokozan)

Year 1934

Nekoyama mine (Kagawa), Hiroseguchi mine (Hiroshima, Shokozan)

Year 1936

Mount Io (Okayama), Namera mine (Yamaguchi)

Year 1940

Mount Okazaki (Kyoto, Mount Nyoi)

Year 1941

Tochihara mine (Hyogo, Tochihara-Kuratani mine)

Year 1942

Chitose mine (Yamagata)

Year 1943

Goto mine (Nagasaki, Py), Tao mine (Nagasaki, Nitto mine)

Year 1944

Nishina mine (Shizuoka)

Year 1946

Horaiji mine (Aichi)

Year 1947

Amakusa (Kumamoto), Shiga mine (Nagano, Hoppo hot spring)

Year 1948

Naburi mine (Yamaguchi)

Year 1949

Rissho mine (Okayama)

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