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Yabu-gun, Hyogo Prefecture, Kinki Region, Honshu Island, Japan

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Multiple photos availableBerthierite : FeSb2S4

Nakase mine (Nakaze mine), Yabu-gun, Hyogo Prefecture, Kinki Region, Honshu Island, Japan

Tarnished bronze berthierine in quartz with stibnite crystals.
6 cm sample. S378-01
Excalibur Mineral specimen.
 © 2008, JGWPhoto ID: 157677    View Count: 129

Gold : Au, Quartz : SiO2

Nakase mine (Nakaze mine), Yabu-gun, Hyogo Prefecture, Kinki Region, Honshu Island, Japan

2.3 x 2.0 x 1.6 cm. A rich and showy specimen of bright, microcrystalline and hackly gold in hydrothermal quartz from an uncommon Japanese locality - the Nakase Mine on Honshu Island. Highly representative of the species and locality. Older material from the John Ydren Collection. He obtained this from the Burton Jirgl Collection, a dealer who had ...
 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 170558    View Count: 162

Mawsonite : Cu6Fe2SnS8

Akenobe mine, Oya-cho, Yabu-gun, Hyogo Prefecture, Kinki Region, Honshu Island, Japan

Orange-brown mawsonite, with massive bornite.
1 cm sample. S358-01
Excalibur Mineral Company specimen.
 © 2008, JGWPhoto ID: 155491    View Count: 184

Paragonite : NaAl2[(OH)2|AlSi3O10]

Oya-cho, Yabu-gun, Hyogo Prefecture, Kinki Region, Honshu Island, Japan

1 cm crystal of paragonite. S344-29
Alfredo Petrov specimen.
 © 2008, JGWPhoto ID: 155505    View Count: 164

Stannoidite : Cu+6Cu2+2(Fe2+,Zn)3Sn2S12, Chalcopyrite : CuFeS2

Akenobe mine, Oya-cho, Yabu-gun, Hyogo Prefecture, Kinki Region, Honshu Island, Japan

Bronze-grey metallic, with chalcopyrite, in matrix. S358-10
1.5 cm field of view.
Excalibur Mineral Company specimen.
 © 2008, JGWPhoto ID: 148084    View Count: 224
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