Japanese saponite localities

104 localities

A list of Japanese saponite 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 1936: Kiuragi mine (Saga, Cr, as Aquakreptite)
Year 1938: Kaso mine (Tochigi)
Year 1948: Hinoshima island (Kumamoto, Kami-Amakusa, as Aquakreptite)
Year 1940: Asahina mine (Shizuoka, as Aquakreptite)
Year 1941: Yabu mine (Hyogo, Cr, as Aquakreptite), Komori mine (Kyoto, Oeyama mine, as Aquakreptite)
Year 1948: Hakoishi (Kumamoto, Taneyama)
Year 1954: Yoshioka (Hokkaido, Illite), Moniwa (Miyagi, Sendai), Zao mine (Miyagi), Azuma mine (Miyagi), Motokura mine (Hokkaido, as Aquakreptite), Hiroosa mine (Shizuoka, as Aquakreptite), Zao mine (Yamagata)
Year 1957: Wakamatsu mine (Tottori), Nakagochi (Fukuoka, Sasaguri, as Aquakreptite), Hamao (Fukuoka, Kashii, as Aquakreptite), Matsuo mine (Iwate)
Year 1958: Hirose mine (Tottori)

See Japanese page for more localities.