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Japan

While there exist eight commonly defined regions of Japan, administratively Japan consists of forty-seven prefectures.

Geographically, Japan is a country of over three thousand islands extending along the Pacific coast of Asia. The main islands, running from north to south, are Hokkaidō, Honshū (the main island), Shikoku and Kyūshū.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Abswurmbachite
Acanthite
Actinolite
Adamite
var: Cuprian Adamite
Aegirine
var: Urbanite
Aegirine-augite
Aenigmatite
Aeschynite-(Y)
Afwillite
Agardite-(Y)
Aguilarite
'AHF'
Aikinite
Ajoite
Akaganeite (TL)
Akatoreite
Åkermanite
Alabandite
Alacránite
Albite
var: Andesine
var: Oligoclase
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'var: Barium-Albite'
Aleksite
'Alkali Feldspar'
'Allanite'
Allanite-(Ce)
Allanite-(Y)
Alleghanyite
Alloclasite
Allophane
Alluaudite
Almandine
Altaite
Aluminite
Aluminoceladonite
Alum-(K) ?
Alumohydrocalcite
Alunite
Alunogen
'Amber'
Amblygonite
Amesite
Ammonioleucite (TL)
'Amphibole Group'
var: Uralite
Analcime
Anatase
Andalusite
var: Chiastolite
Andersonite
Andorite
Andorite VI
var: Nakaseite

Andradite
var: Melanite
'Andradite-Grossular Series'
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Anilite (TL)
Ankerite
Annabergite
Annite
Anorthite
var: Bytownite
var: Labradorite
Anorthoclase
Anthophyllite
Antigorite
var: Picrolite
Antimony
Antlerite
'Apatite'
'var: Phosphorite'
Aphthitalite
'Apophyllite'
Apophyllite-(KF)
Apophyllite-(KOH)
Apophyllite-(NaF) (TL)
'Aquacreptite'
Aquacreptite (of Harada)
Aragonite
'Arakawaite'
Aramayoite
Arcanite
Ardealite
Ardennite-(As)
Ardennite-(V)
Arfvedsonite
Argentojarosite
Argentopentlandite
Argentopyrite
Argyrodite
Arrojadite-(KFe)
Arsendescloizite
Arsenic
Arseniopleite
Arseniosiderite
Arsenohauchecornite
Arsenolite
Arsenopalladinite
Arsenopyrite
Arsenosulvanite
Artinite
Arupite
Asbolane
Aspidolite (TL)
Atacamite
Augelite
Augite
var: Fassaite
var: Titanian Augite
Aurichalcite
Aurorite
Autunite
'Axinite'
Axinite-(Fe)
'Axinite Group'
Axinite-(Mn)
Azurite
Babingtonite
Baddeleyite
Baghdadite
Bakerite
Banalsite
Bannisterite
Baratovite ?
Bariopharmacosiderite
Barrerite
Barroisite
Baryte
var: Hokutolite
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
Baumhauerite
Baumstarkite
Bavenite
Bayldonite
Bazzite
Beaverite-(Cu)
Beaverite-(Zn) (TL)
Beidellite
Bementite
Benavidesite
Bendadaite
Benitoite
Benjaminite
Benleonardite ?
Beraunite
Berndtite
Berthierine
Berthierite
Bertrandite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
β-Fergusonite-(Y)
β-Uranophane
Betpakdalite-CaCa
Beudantite
Beyerite
Bicchulite (TL)
Bieberite
Biotite
var: Manganophyllite
Birnessite
Bismite
Bismoclite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
var: Horobetsuite
Bismutite
Bismutoferrite
Bismutohauchecornite
Bismutotantalite
Bixbyite
Bohdanowiczite
Böhmite
Bolivarite
Boltwoodite
Borcarite
Bornite
Botallackite
Botryogen
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Boussingaultite
Boyleite
Brandtite
Brannerite
Brass
Braunite
Breithauptite
var: Arite
Brianyoungite
Britholite-(Y) (TL)
Brochantite
Brockite
Brookite
Brucite
Brugnatellite
Brushite
Buddingtonite
Bultfonteinite
Burkeite
Buryatite
Buserite
Bustamite
Cacoxenite
Cahnite
Calaverite
Calciogadolinite-(Y)
Calcite
var: Glendonite
var: Manganoan Calcite
Calderónite
Caledonite
Calkinsite-(Ce)
Calomel
Calzirtite
Cancrinite
Canfieldite
Cannizzarite
Cannonite
Carbonatecyanotrichite
'Carbonite (of Heinrich)'
Carminite
Carnotite
Carobbiite
Carpholite
Carrollite
Caryopilite
Cassiterite
Caysichite-(Y)
Celadonite
Celestine
Celsian
Cerussite
Cervantite
Cervelleite
'Chabazite'
Chabazite-Ca
Chabazite-Na
Chabournéite
Chalcanthite
Chalcoalumite
Chalcocite
Chalcophanite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
var: Stannian Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite
Challacolloite
Chamosite
var: Thuringite
Chapmanite
'Charcoal'
Charlesite
Chenevixite
'Chert'
Chesterite
'Chevkinite'
Chevkinite-(Ce)
Chibaite (TL)
Childrenite
Chlorapatite
Chlorargyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chloritoid
Chondrodite
Chromite
Chrysoberyl
Chrysocolla
'Chrysoprase'
Chrysotile
Cinnabar
Claudetite
Clausthalite
'Clay'
Clerite
Clinobisvanite
'Clinochesterite'
Clinochlore
var: Chromian Clinochlore
var: Leuchtenbergite
Clinochrysotile
Clinoclase
Clinoenstatite
Clinoferrosilite
Clinohumite
Clinojimthompsonite
'Clinoptilolite'
Clinoptilolite-Ca (TL)
Clinoptilolite-K
Clinoptilolite-Na
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Clinotobermorite (TL)
Clinozoisite
Clinozoisite-(Sr) (TL)
Clintonite
Coalingite
Cobaltite
var: Ferroan Cobaltite
Cobaltkoritnigite
'Cobaltoan Arsenopyrite'
'Cobaltoan Nickeloan Chlorite'
'Cobaltoan Polydymite'
Cobaltpentlandite
Coffinite
Coloradoite
Columbite
Columbite-(Fe)
Columbite-(Mn)
Colusite
Conichalcite
Connellite
Cookeite
Cooperite
Copiapite
Copper
Coquandite
Coquimbite
Cordierite
var: Cerasite (of Kikuchi)
Corkite
Cornubite
Cornwallite
Coronadite
Corundum
var: Ruby
var: Sapphire
Cosalite
Costibite ?
Covellite
Cowlesite
Crandallite
Crednerite
Cristobalite
Crossite
Cryptomelane
Cubanite
Cummingtonite
Cuprite
var: Chalcotrichite
Cuprosklodowskite
Cuprotungstite
Cuspidine
Cyanotrichite
Cymrite
'Dachiardite'
Dachiardite-Ca
Dachiardite-Na
Danalite
Danburite
Datolite
Dawsonite
Delafossite
Dellaite
Desautelsite
Descloizite
Destinezite
Devilline
'Deweylite'
'Diallage'
Diaoyudaoite (TL)
Diaphorite
Diaspore
Dickite
Digenite
Diopside
var: Chromian Diopside
var: Schefferite ?
Djerfisherite
Djurleite
Dmisteinbergite
Dolomite
Donbassite
Donpeacorite
Dravite
Dufrénite
Dufrénoysite
Duftite
Dugganite
Dumortierite
Dypingite
Dyscrasite
Dzhalindite
Eckermannite
Edenite
Edingtonite
Efremovite
Eggletonite
Elbaite
Elyite
Emmonsite
Emplectite
Empressite
Enalite (TL)
Enargite
Enstatite
var: Bronzite
Eosphorite
Epidote
'Epidote Group'
Epidote-(Sr) (TL)
Epistilbite
Epsomite
Ericssonite-2O
'Erionite'
Erionite-Ca (TL)
Erionite-Na
Erythrite
Eskimoite
Ettringite
Eugsterite
Eulytine
Euxenite-(Y)
Evansite
Famatinite
'Famatinite-Luzonite Series'
Faustite
Fayalite
'Fayalite-Tephroite Series
var: Knebelite'

Feitknechtite
Felbertalite
'Feldspar Group'
Felsőbányaite
Ferberite
var: Reinite
'Fergusonite'
Fergusonite-(Ce) ?
Fergusonite-(Y)
Feroxyhyte
Ferriallanite-(Ce)
Ferricopiapite
Ferrierite-K
Ferrierite-Mg
Ferrihydrite
Ferrimolybdite
Ferrisymplesite
Ferro-Actinolite
Ferrobustamite
Ferro-edenite
Ferrogedrite
Ferroglaucophane
Ferropargasite
Ferrorichterite
Ferrosilite
Feruvite
Fianelite
Fibroferrite
Fizélyite ?
Florencite-(Ce)
'Fluocerite'
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
var: Yttrofluorite
Fluoro-edenite
Fluorstrophite
Foitite
Formanite-(Y)
Forsterite
Foshagite
Franckeite
var: Incaite

var: Potosíite
Freibergite
Freieslebenite
Friedrichite
Frohbergite
Frolovite
Fukalite (TL)
Fukuchilite (TL)
Furutobeite (TL)
'Gadolinite'
Gadolinite-(Ce) (TL)
Gadolinite-(Y)
Gageite
Gahnite
Galaxite
Galeite
Galena
var: Argentiferous Galena
Galenobismutite
Gamagarite
Ganophyllite
'Garnet'
'Garnierite'
Garronite
Gaspéite
Gatumbaite ?
Gedrite
Geerite
Gehlenite
Geigerite
Geikielite
Genthelvite
Geocronite
Germanite
Gersdorffite
Getchellite
Gibbsite
Giessenite
'Gismondine'
'Glass'
Glaucochroite
Glaucodot
Glauconite
Glaucophane
Glaukosphaerite
Gmelinite-Na
Gobbinsite
Godlevskite
Godovikovite
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
Goldfieldite
Goldmanite
Gonnardite
Gorceixite
Goslarite
Goudeyite
Goyazite
Graftonite
'Grandite'
Graphite
Gratonite
Grayite
Greenalite
Greenockite
Greigite
Grossular
var: Manganoan Grossular
'Grossular-Hibschite Series'
Groutite
Grunerite
Gugiaite
'Gummite
var: Yttrogummite'

Gustavite
'Gustavite-Lillianite Series'
Gypsum
var: Alabaster
var: Selenite
Gyrolite
Haapalaite
Haiweeite
Halite
Halloysite
Halotrichite
Haradaite (TL)
Harmotome
Hastingsite
Hauerite
Hausmannite
Hawleyite
Haycockite
Heazlewoodite
Hedenbergite
Hedleyite
Hejtmanite
Hellandite-(Y)
Helvite
Hematite
var: Specularite
Hemimorphite
Hemusite
Henmilite (TL)
Hennomartinite
Hercynite
var: Picotite
Herschelite
Herzenbergite
Hessite
Hetaerolite
Heterogenite
Heteromorphite
'Heulandite'
Heulandite-Ba
Heulandite-Ca
Heulandite-Na
Heulandite-Sr
Hexahydrite
Hexahydroborite
Heyrovskýite
Hibschite
Hidalgoite
Hillebrandite
Hingganite-(Ce) (TL)
Hingganite-(Y)
Hinsdalite
Hisingerite
Hizenite-(Y) (TL)
Hocartite
Hokoite
Hollandite
Hollingworthite
'Hornblende'
Hörnesite
Horomanite (TL)
Howieite
Huangite
Hübnerite
Huntite
Hureaulite
Hutchinsonite
Hyalophane
Hydrobiotite
Hydrocalumite
Hydrocerussite
'Hydrogrossular'
'Hydrohausmannite'
Hydrohetaerolite
Hydrohonessite
Hydrokenoelsmoreite
Hydromagnesite
Hydrotungstite
Hydrougrandite
Hydroxylapatite
var: Carbonate-rich Hydroxylapatite

Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce)
Hydroxylellestadite (TL)
Hydroxylherderite
Hydrozincite
Hypersthene
Idaite
Iddingsite
Iimoriite-(Y) (TL)
Ikaite
Ikunolite (TL)
Ilesite
Illite
'Illite-2M'
Ilmenite
Ilsemannite
Ilvaite
Imogolite (TL)
Indialite
Inesite
Ingodite
Inyoite
Irarsite
Iridium
Iron
var: Kamacite
Ishikawaite (TL)
Isoferroplatinum
Itoigawaite (TL)
Iwakiite (TL)
Iwashiroite-(Y) (TL)
Izoklakeite
Jacobsite
Jadeite
var: Titanian Jadeite
Jahnsite-(CaFeFe)
Jalpaite
Jamborite
Jamesonite
Jarosite
Jennite
Jimboite (TL)
Jimthompsonite
Johannsenite
Johnbaumite
Jôkokuite (TL)
Jonassonite
Jordanite
Joséite
Joséite-B
Julgoldite-(Fe2+)
Julgoldite-(Mg) (TL)
Kaersutite
Kainosite-(Y)
Kamaishilite (TL)
Kamiokite (TL)
Kamphaugite-(Y)
Kaňkite
Kanoite (TL)
Kaolinite
Karibibite
Kasolite
Katayamalite (TL)
Katophorite
Kawazulite (TL)
Kellyite
Kermesite
Kesterite
'K Feldspar'
'var: Adularia'
'var: Barium-Adularia'
Kidwellite
Kilchoanite
Killalaite
Kimuraite-(Y) (TL)
Kinichilite (TL)
Kinoite
Kinoshitalite (TL)
Kintoreite
'Klaprothite'
Klebelsbergite
Kobeite-(Y) (TL)
Koechlinite
Koninckite
Kornelite
Kosmochlor
Kostovite
Kotoite
Köttigite
Kozoite-(La) (TL)
Kozoite-(Nd) (TL)
Kôzulite (TL)
Krauskopfite
Kremersite
Krennerite
Krupkaite
Ktenasite
Kusachiite (TL)
Kutnohorite
Kyanite
Laforêtite
Laihunite
Laitakarite
Lamprophyllite
Långbanite
Langite
Lanthanite-(La)
Lanthanite-(Nd)
Laumontite
Lautenthalite
Lawsonite
Lazulite
Leadhillite
Lechatelierite
var: Fulgurite

Legrandite
Lenaite ?
Lennilenapeite ?
Lepidocrocite
Lepidolite
Leucite
Leucophoenicite
Leucosphenite
Leucoxene
'Lévyne'
Lévyne-Ca
Lévyne-Na (TL)
Libethenite
Liebigite
Lillianite
Limonite
Linarite
Lindgrenite
Lindströmite
Lipscombite
Lithiophorite
Livingstonite
Lizardite
Lokkaite-(Y)
Löllingite
Ludlamite
Ludlockite
Ludwigite
Luzonite
Macfallite
Mackinawite
Madocite
Maghemite
Magnesio-arfvedsonite
Magnesiochromite
Magnesioferrite
Magnesiofoitite (TL)
Magnesiohastingsite
Magnesiohornblende
Magnesiokatophorite
Magnesioriebeckite
Magnesiosadanagaite (TL)
Magnesite
Magnetite
var: Titaniferous Magnetite
Malachite
Malayaite
Maldonite
Mallardite
Manganbabingtonite
Manganberzeliite
'Manganese Oxides'
Manganhumite
Manganipiemontite-(Sr)
Manganite
Manganocummingtonite
Manganogrunerite
Manganosite
Manjiroite (TL)
Marcasite
Margarite
Marialite
Marsturite
Marumoite
Masutomilite (TL)
Matildite
Matsubaraite (TL)
Maucherite
Mawsonite
Mcalpineite
Mcguinnessite
Mckinstryite
Meionite
Melanotekite
Melanterite
'Melnikovite'
Melonite
Meneghinite
Mercury
Messelite
Metacinnabar
Metaschoepite
Metastibnite
Metaswitzerite
Metavivianite
Metavoltine
Metazeunerite
Miargyrite
'Mica Group'
Microcline
var: Amazonite
Microlite Group
var: Uranmicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)
Miguelromeroite
Miharaite (TL)
Mikasaite (TL)
Milarite
Millerite
Mimetite
Minamiite (TL)
Mirabilite
Mitridatite
Mixite
Mogánite
Molybdenite
Molybdite
Momoiite (TL)
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
Monazite-(Nd)
Monohydrocalcite
Montebrasite
Monticellite
Montmorillonite
Montroseite
Mordenite
Morenosite
Morimotoite (TL)
Moschellandsbergite
Mottramite
'Mountain Leather'
Mozartite
Mullite
Munakataite (TL)
Muscovite
var: Alurgite
var: Fuchsite
var: Sericite
Nabiasite
Nacrite
Nagashimalite (TL)
Nagyágite
Nakauriite (TL)
Namansilite
Nambulite (TL)
Natroalunite
Natrolite
Natronambulite (TL)
Naumannite
Nekrasovite
Neotocite
Nepheline
Népouite
Nesquehonite
Neyite
Niahite
Nickel
Nickelhexahydrite
Nickeline
Nickelskutterudite
Nifontovite
Ningyoite (TL)
Nitratine
Noelbensonite
Nontronite
Nordstrandite
Nsutite
Numanoite (TL)
'Obsidian'
Ohmilite (TL)
Okayamalite (TL)
Okhotskite (TL)
Olivenite
'Olivine'
Olshanskyite
Ominelite (TL)
Omphacite
var: Titanian Omphacite
Opal
var: Diatomite
var: Opal-AN
var: Siliceous sinter
Orientite
Orpiment
Orthochrysotile
Orthoclase
var: Barian Orthoclase
'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
Osakaite (TL)
Osarizawaite (TL)
Osmium
var: Iridosmine
Osumilite (TL)
Osumilite-(Mg)
Otavite
Owyheeite
Oxyplumboroméite
Oyelite (TL)
Palenzonaite
Palygorskite
Parabrandtite
Paracoquimbite
Paracostibite ?
Paragonite
Paraguanajuatite
Pararammelsbergite
Pararealgar
Pararsenolamprite (TL)
Parasibirskite (TL)
Parasymplesite (TL)
Paratacamite
Paratellurite
Pargasite
Parkerite
Parnauite
Parsettensite
Parvowinchite
Pavonite
Pearceite
Pectolite
Pentahydroborite
Pentlandite
var: Argentian Pentlandite
Periclase
Perovskite
Perrierite-(Ce)
'Perthite'
Petalite
Petersite-(Y)
'Petrified Wood'
Petrukite
Petzite
Pharmacosiderite
Phenakite
Phengite
var: Mariposite
Philipsbornite
Philipsburgite
'Phillipsite'
Phillipsite-Ca
Phillipsite-K
Phillipsite-Na
Phlogopite
var: Manganoan Phlogopite
Phosphorus ?
Phosphosiderite
Phosphuranylite
Pickeringite
Picropharmacolite
'Picrotephroite'
Piemontite
Piemontite-(Sr)
Pigeonite
Pilsenite
'Pinite'
Pirquitasite
Plancheite
Planerite
Platinum
Plombièrite
Plumbogummite
Plumbojarosite
Plumbonacrite
Pollucite
Polybasite
Polycrase-(Y)
Polydymite
Polylithionite
Posnjakite
Potarite
Potassic-ferropargasite (TL)
Potassicleakeite (TL)
Potassic-Magnesiosadanagaite (TL)
Potassicsadanagaite (TL)
Poubaite
Poughite
Powellite
Prehnite
Preisingerite
Preiswerkite
Protoanthophyllite (TL)
Protoferro-anthophyllite (TL)
Protomangano-ferro-anthophyllite (TL)
Proustite
Pseudobrookite
Pseudomalachite
'Psilomelane'
Pucherite
'Pumpellyite'
Pumpellyite-(Al)
Pumpellyite-(Fe2+)
Pumpellyite-(Mg)
Pumpellyite-(Mn2+) (TL)
'Pyralspite'
Pyrargyrite
'Pyribole'
Pyrite
var: Bravoite
var: Cobaltoan Pyrite
var: Cupriferous Pyrite
var: Nickelian Pyrite
Pyroaurite
Pyrobelonite
Pyrochlore Group
Pyrochroite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrope
Pyrophanite
Pyrophyllite
'Pyrosmalite'
Pyrosmalite-(Mn)
Pyrostilpnite
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyroxferroite
Pyroxmangite
Pyrrhotite
var: Nickeloan Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Agate
var: Amethyst
var: Blue Chalcedony
var: Carnelian
var: Chalcedony
var: Ferruginous Quartz
var: Jasper
var: Milky Quartz
var: Rock Crystal
var: Rose Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
'Quartz-beta'
Quenselite
Quenstedtite
Rajite
Ralstonite
Rambergite
Ramdohrite
Rammelsbergite
Ramsbeckite
Ramsdellite
Ranciéite
Rankinite
Raspite
Realgar
Rectorite
Reddingite
Reevesite
Rengeite (TL)
Renierite
var: Arsenian Renierite

Retgersite
Rhabdophane-(Nd)
Rheniite
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Rhodostannite
Rhönite
Ribbeite
Richelsdorfite
Richterite
Rickardite
Riebeckite
Robinsonite
Rockbridgeite
Roedderite
Romanèchite
Roméite Group
var: Stibiconite
Römerite
Roquesite
Rosasite
Roscoelite
Rosenhahnite
Roxbyite
Rozenite
Rucklidgeite
Rutheniridosmine (TL)
Ruthenium (TL)
Rutile
var: Ilmenorutile
var: Niobian Rutile
Sabugalite
Sadanagaite (TL)
Safflorite
Sakuraiite (TL)
Salammoniac
Samaniite (TL)
Samarskite-(Y)
Sanidine
Saponite
var: Bowlingite
Sarcopside
Sarkinite
Sartorite ?
Sassolite
'Scapolite'
Scarbroite
Scawtite
Scheelite
var: Molybdoscheelite
Schneiderhöhnite
Schoepite
Schorl
Schorlomite
Schulenbergite
Schwertmannite
Scolecite
Scorodite
Scorzalite
Segnitite
Sekaninaite
Semseyite
Sénarmontite
Sepiolite
Sérandite
'Serpentine Group'
Serpierite
Shandite
Shigaite (TL)
'Shimazakiite' (TL)
Shirozulite (TL)
Sibirskite
Siderite
var: Manganoan Siderite
Siderogel
Siegenite
'Silica'
Sillénite
Sillimanite
Silver
var: Küstelite
Sjögrenite
Skutterudite
var: Smaltite

Slawsonite
'Smectite Group'
Smithsonite
Smythite
Soddyite
Solongoite
Sonolite (TL)
Sonoraite
Spangolite
Sperrylite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
var: Marmatite
Spherocobaltite
Spinel
var: Ceylonite
var: Chromspinel
Spiroffite
Spodumene
Spurrite
Stannite
Stannoidite (TL)
Starkeyite
Staurolite
Stellerite
Stephanite
Sterlinghillite
Sternbergite
Stevensite
Stewartite
Stibarsen
Stibiocolusite
Stibiopalladinite
Stibiotantalite
Stibnite
'Stilbite'
Stilbite-Ca
Stilbite-Na
Stillwellite-(Ce)
Stilpnomelane
Stokesite
Stolzite
Strengite
Stringhamite
Stromeyerite
Stronalsite (TL)
Strontianite
Strontiochevkinite
Strontiojoaquinite
Strontiomelane
Strontio-orthojoaquinite (TL)
Strunzite
Stützite
Suanite
Sudoite
Sugakiite (TL)
Sugilite (TL)
Sulfurite (TL)
Sulphur
Sulvanite
Suolunite
Sursassite
Sussexite
Suzukiite (TL)
Svanbergite
Switzerite
Sylvanite
Sylvite
Symplesite
Synchysite-(Ce)
Synchysite-(Y)
Szaibélyite
Szmikite
Szomolnokite
Tacharanite
Takanelite (TL)
Takedaite (TL)
Talc
Talnakhite
Tamaite (TL)
Tamarugite
Taneyamalite (TL)
Tanohataite (TL)
Tantalite-(Fe)
Tantalite-(Mn)
Taramite
Taranakite
Tausonite
Teallite
Teineite (TL)
Tellurantimony
Tellurite
Tellurium
Tellurobismuthite
Tengerite-(Y)
Tennantite
var: Annivite
var: Tellurian Tennantite
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Tenorite
Tephroite
Tetradymite
Tetraferriannite
Tetraferroplatinum
Tetrahedrite
var: Argentian Tetrahedrite
'Tetrahedrite Group'
Thalénite-(Y)
Thaumasite
Theisite
Thenardite
'Thomsonite'
Thomsonite-Ca
Thomsonite-Sr
Thorianite
Thorite
var: Uranothorite
Thorogummite
Thortveitite
Tilleyite
Tinticite
Tintinaite
Tinzenite
Tiragalloite
Titanite
var: Keilhauite
Tobelite (TL)
Tobermorite
Tochilinite
Todorokite (TL)
Tokyoite (TL)
Topaz
Torbernite
Tosudite
var: Aluminum Tosudite
var: Lithium Tosudite
var: Magnesium Tosudite
'Tourmaline'
'var: Indicolite'
'var: Rubellite'
'var: Verdelite'
Toyohaite (TL)
Treasurite ?
Tremolite
Tridymite
Trilithionite
Triphylite
Triploidite
Tripuhyite
Troilite
Trolleite
Truscottite
Tschermigite
Tsugaruite (TL)
Tsumebite
Tsumoite (TL)
Tučekite ?
Tugarinovite
Tulameenite
Tungstite
Turquoise
Tyrolite
Uchucchacuaite
Uduminelite
Uedaite-(Ce) (TL)
UKI-2008-(SiO:SrTiZr)
Ullmannite
UM1992-30-SO:CCuHZn
Uralborite
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende
Uranocircite
Uranophane
Uranopilite
Ushkovite
Uvarovite
Uvite
Vaesite
Valentinite
Valleriite
Vanadinite
Vantasselite
Variscite
Varlamoffite
Varulite
Vashegyite
Vaterite
Vauquelinite
Vermiculite
Vernadite
Vesuvianite
Veszelyite
Villamaninite
Villyaellenite
Violarite
Vivianite
Volborthite
Voltaite
Volynskite
Vonsenite
Vrbaite ?
Vuagnatite
Vulcanite ?
Vuorelainenite
'Wad'
Wadalite (TL)
Wairakite
Wairauite
Wakabayashilite (TL)
Wakefieldite-(Nd) (TL)
Wallkilldellite-(Mn)
Warwickite
Watanabeite (TL)
Watatsumiite (TL)
Wavellite
Waylandite
Weeksite
Welinite
Willemite
var: Radial Willemite ?
Winchite
Wiserite
Witherite
Wittichenite
Wodginite
Wolframite
Wollastonite
'Wollastonite-7Å'
'Wollastonite-7T'
Woodhouseite
Woodruffite
Woodwardite
Wroewolfeite
Wulfenite
Wurtzite
Xanthoconite
'Xenotime'
Xenotime-(Y)
Xonotlite
Yamatoite
Yarrowite
Yftisite-(Y)
Yoshimuraite (TL)
Yttrialite-(Y)
Yttrotantalite-(Y)
Yugawaralite (TL)
Zálesíite
Zaratite
Zavaritskite
Zemannite
Zeolite Group
Zeophyllite
Zeunerite
Zinc
Zincmelanterite
Zincsilite
Zinkenite
Zinnwaldite
Zippeite
Zircon
var: Yamaguchilite
Zirconolite
Zoisite
var: Thulite
Zunyite


1594 entries listed. 1173 valid minerals. 121 type localities (valid minerals). 2 type localities (others). 6 erroneous literature entries.

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References

- Tsunashirō Wada, Takudzi Ogawa (1904): Minerals of Japan. Tokyo, 144 pp.
- Harada, Zyunpei (1936): Chemische Analysenresultate von japanischen Mineralien. Reprinted from the Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido Imperial University, Series IV: 3(3-4): 221-362. (December, 1936), Sapporo, Japan.
- Ito, T. (1937): Japanese Minerals in Pictures. Vol. 1 (1937). Tokyo. (in Japanese).

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