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Japanese wurtzite localities

25 localities

A list of Japanese wurtzite 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 1897

Hosokura mine (Miyagi, Takada mine, as Fibrous zinc ore, Corrected to Sphalerite pseudomorph)

Year 1923

Yunosawa mine (Aomori, as Fibrous zinc ore), Hanaoka mine (Akita, as Fibrous zinc ore), Kunitomi mine (Hokkaido, as Fibrous zinc ore)

Year 1926

Aomori mine (Aomori, Okuto mine, Otaki mine, Confirmed as the first example of Wurtzite from Japan in 1941), Hosokura mine (Miyagi, Takada mine, Denied but re-confirmed as Wurtzite in 2011)

Year 1929

Ashio mine (Tochigi)

Year 1934

Kawazu mine (Shizuoka, Rendaiji mine)

Year 1940

Odomori mine (Miyagi), Magane mine (Oita, Madama mine, Kogawachi mine)

Year 1941

Omori mine (Fukushima), Tonyasu mine (Fukushima)

Year 1944

Miyoshino mine (Fukuoka)

Year 1947

Oage mine (Aomori)

Year 1949

Suttsu mine (Hokkaido, Hiroo mine)

Year 1951

Abeshiro mine (Aomori)

Year 1956

Mutsuai mine (Yamagata)

Year 1957

Osarizawa mine (Akita), Komaki mine (Akita, Ani)

Year 1969

Toyoha mine (Hokkaido)

Year 1972

Ikezuki mine (Miyagi, Keicho mine), Miyazaki mine (Miyagi)

Year 1975

Jokoku mine (Hokkaido)

Year 1981

Inakuraishi mine (Hokkaido)

Year 2000

Omori mine (Shimane, Iwami mine)

Year 2008

Ishizu mine (Gunma)