Hematite
Odaira, Tono village, Iwaki city, Fukushima pref., Japan
Source for Iron
Field of view: 2 mm. Hematite associated with rhodonite. The tabular black crystals are hematite. The surrounding pink host is massive aggregate of rhodonite.
Recovered from a bedded manganese deposit subjected to Epidote-Amphibolite facies regional metamorphism and contact metamorphism by granite.
Hematite from this location was described in 1975.
Other localities
- Waga-sennin Mine (Metasomatic Skarn, Rosette)
- Akatani Mine (Metasomatic Skarn, Platy)
- Chichibu Mine (Hydrothermal Skarn, Platy)
- Mikawa Mine (Hydrothermal, Botryoidal)
- Gozaisho Mine (Bedded Mn, Tabular)
- Iwaisawa Mine (Bedded Mn, Massive)
- Sukayu (Bog Iron, Powder)
- Gunma Mine (Bog Iron, Powder)