Kawazu mine (Rendaiji mine; Rendaizi mine), Rendaiji, Shimoda City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Chubu Region, Honshu Island, Japan

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A gold mine on the Izu peninsula, started in 1915 and closed in 1959. Epithermal Au-Ag-Te-Mn veins with gangue of chalcedonic quartz. One of the most species-rich localities in Japan. Dumps overgrown by forest. Collecting was possible in the 1990s, but difficult because of the vegetation, and is now totally prohibited.

unnamed (Ag,Cu)₆TeS₂

References

- Dana 7:I:139, 163, 594
- Rocks & Min.:62:167.
- Kamitani, M., Okumura, K., Teraoka, Y., Miyano, S., and Watanabe, Y. (2007): Mineral Resources Map of East Asia. Geological Survey of Japan.
- Masaaki Shimizu, Marina Shimizu, Tomoya Furuhashi, Akira Harada, Nigel Cook (2008) Proceedings 33 Int Geol Congr Oslo. MRD-09

Mineral List

Acanthite Aleksite Allophane Anatase Anglesite Antlerite 'Apatite' Arsenopyrite Aurichalcite Aurorite Azurite Baryte Benleonardite ? Beudantite Bismuthinite Bohdanowiczite Bornite Brochantite Bustamite Cacoxenite Calaverite Calcite var: Manganoan Calcite Cannonite Carbonatecyanotrichite Cassiterite Cerussite Cervelleite 'Chabazite' Chalcocite Chalcopyrite Chlorargyrite 'Chlorite Group'

Chrysocolla Colusite Corkite Covellite Crandallite Cryptomelane Cuprite Devilline Digenite Djurleite Dugganite Dzhalindite Emmonsite Empressite Faustite Frohbergite ? Galena Geerite Goethite Gold var: Electrum Goldfieldite Gypsum Hematite Hemimorphite Hemusite Hessite Hydrohetaerolite Idaite Inesite Jarosite Johannsenite Kaolinite

Kawazulite (TL) 'K Feldspar var: Adularia' Kinichilite (TL) Kintoreite Kostovite Krennerite Langite Laumontite Linarite Malachite Manganite Molybdenite Muscovite var: Sericite Nagyágite Naumannite Nekrasovite Neotocite Nontronite Opal Paraguanajuatite Paratellurite Parnauite Petzite Poubaite Poughite Pyrite Pyrolusite Pyromorphite Quartz Rajite Rhodochrosite Rhodonite Rickardite

Roquesite Rosasite Serpierite Silver Smithsonite Sonoraite Sphalerite Spiroffite Stannoidite Stützite Sulphur Svanbergite Sylvanite Teineite Tellurite Tellurium Tellurobismuthite Tennantite Tenorite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Todorokite Turquoise Variscite Wavellite Waylandite Willemite Wittichenite Wurtzite Zemannite

129 entries listed. 122 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).