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Fuka mine, Bitchu-cho (Bicchu-cho), Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan

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Baghdadite : Ca3(Zr,Ti)[O2|Si2O7], Perovskite : CaTiO3

Fuka mine, Bitchu-cho (Bicchu-cho), Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan

A 1 cm aggregate of prismatic, greyish crystals of Baghdadite with a black crystal of Perovskite in matrix from the Fuka mine, Okayama, Japan. Specimen and photo: Knut Eldjarn.
 © Knut EldjarnPhoto ID: 91297    View Count: 588

Multiple photos availableBaghdadite : Ca3(Zr,Ti)[O2|Si2O7]

Fuka mine, Bitchu-cho (Bicchu-cho), Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan

A small, 0.01 cm, grain of baghdadite, fluorescing in response to SW-UV illumination. Child photo is the same with visible light. S405-028F
Excalibur Mineral specimen.
 © 2008, JGWPhoto ID: 157673    View Count: 137

Baghdadite : Ca3(Zr,Ti)[O2|Si2O7], Spurrite : Ca5[CO3|(SiO4)2]

Fuka mine, Bitchu-cho (Bicchu-cho), Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan

0.03 cm translucent grain of baghdadite in spurrite.
Excalibur Mineral specimen. S357-02
 © 2008, JGWPhoto ID: 155096    View Count: 130

Bicchulite : Ca2[(OH)2|Al2SiO6], Grossular-Hibschite Series

Fuka mine, Bitchu-cho (Bicchu-cho), Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan

Bicchulite, intermixed with hydrogrossular, as pseudomorphs after gehlinite crystals, to 0.8 cm. S355-18
Alfredo Petrov specimen.
 © 2008, JGWPhoto ID: 155099    View Count: 219

Multiple photos availableBicchulite : Ca2[(OH)2|Al2SiO6], Gehlenite : Ca2Al[AlSiO7]

Fuka mine, Bitchu-cho (Bicchu-cho), Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan

8.5 x 7.3 x 3.9 cm. Bicchulite is a very rare calcium silicate and this very rich and showy specimen is from the Type Locality - the Fuka Mine of Japan. Sharp, gray, rectangular crystals to 4 mm of bicchulite pseudomorphs after gehlenite crystals richly cover the quartz-rich matrix on this specimen. Gehlenite is also a very rare calcium silicate. ...
 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 242595    View Count: 31

Fukalite : Ca4[CO3|(HSiO4)2]

Fuka mine, Bitchu-cho (Bicchu-cho), Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan

Fukalite from Fuka mine, Takahashi, Japan
Sample 14 mm
 © hamster@aon.atPhoto ID: 142023    View Count: 250

Henmilite : Ca2Cu(OH)4|[B(OH)4]2

Fuka mine, Bitchu-cho (Bicchu-cho), Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan

Field of view 3 mm. Christian Rewitzer specimen and photograph
 © Christian RewitzerPhoto ID: 113120    View Count: 321

Henmilite : Ca2Cu(OH)4|[B(OH)4]2

Fuka mine, Bitchu-cho (Bicchu-cho), Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan

Picture width 7 mm. Collection and photo Stephan Wolfsried.
 © Stephan WolfsriedPhoto ID: 180323    View Count: 108

Henmilite : Ca2Cu(OH)4|[B(OH)4]2, Olshanskyite : Ca3[OH|{B(OH)4}2]2

Fuka mine, Bitchu-cho (Bicchu-cho), Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan

Blue xls on white olshanskyite.
Field of view: 5 mm
Photo and collection Antonio Borrelli
 © Antonio BorrelliPhoto ID: 172522    View Count: 100

Henmilite : Ca2Cu(OH)4|[B(OH)4]2, Olshanskyite : Ca3[OH|{B(OH)4}2]2

Fuka mine, Bitchu-cho (Bicchu-cho), Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan

Perfect crystals of deep blue henmilite up to 3 mm on white olshanskyite.
Overall size: 16 x 13 x 13 mm - Photo and collection Antonio Borrelli.
 © Antonio BorrelliPhoto ID: 35575    View Count: 662
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