Kaňkite, kankite
Enzan-Hirasawa, Koshu city, Yamanashi pref., Japan
Field of view: 5 mm. A crust of Kaňkite(Kankite). The earthy yellowish-green parts are Kaňkite(Kankite). The gray basement is gangue quartz.
Recovered from an open space of a quartz vein in a meteoric oxidation zone of a moderate-low-temperature hydrothermal deposit in I-type (Magnetite-series) granite. Formed in less than 50 years after the mine was closed,
The first Kaňkite (Kankite) from Japan was reported from this location in 1982.