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Nansei Archipelago, Kyushu Region, Japan

Iou Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, Nansei Archipelago, Kyushu Region, Japan

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Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Actinolite
Aegirine
Albite
var: Andesine
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Almandine
Alunite
Amphibole Supergroup
Andradite
Anglesite
Anorthite
var: Labradorite
Anorthoclase
Antigorite
'Apatite'
Aragonite
Arsenopyrite
Atacamite
Augite
var: Titanian Augite
Axinite-(Mn)
Baryte
Bementite
Beryl
'Biotite'
Birnessite
Bismite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Braunite
'Buserite'
Calcite
var: Manganoan Calcite

Carlsbergite
Chalcopyrite
Challacolloite
'Chert'
'Chlorite Group'
Chromite
Chromium
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Copper
Corundum
Cristobalite
Diaoyudaoite (TL)
Dolomite
Enstatite
Epidote
Eskolaite
Eulytine
Fayalite
Ferrihydrite
Forsterite
'Garnet'
Gibbsite
Glaucophane
Goethite
Gold
Goldmanite
Gypsum
Halite
Halloysite-10Å
Haradaite (TL)
Hedenbergite
Hematite
Hercynite
var: Picotite
'Hornblende'

Hydrokenoelsmoreite
var: Ferritungstite
Hydroxylapatite
var: Carbonate-rich Hydroxylapatite
'Hypersthene'
Ilmenite
'Ilsemannite'
'Joséite'
Kaolinite
'K Feldspar
var: Adularia'
'Limonite'
Maghemite
Magnesio-hornblende
Magnetite
Malachite
'Manganese Oxides'
Metavoltine
'Mica Group'
Microcline
Molybdenite
Molybdite
Muscovite
Nabiasite
'Olivine'
Opal
Orthoclase
Palenzonaite
Palygorskite
'Pumpellyite'
Pyrite
Pyrophanite
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyroxmangite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz

Quartz
var: Chalcedony
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Riebeckite
Roedderite
Roscoelite
Sassolite
Scheelite
Schorl
Scorodite
'Serpentine Group'
'Siderogel'
Sillénite
'Smectite Group'
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spinel
Stibnite
Stilpnomelane
Sulphur
Sylvite
Tiragalloite
Titanite
Tokyoite
'Tourmaline'
Tridymite
Tugarinovite
Voltaite
'Wad'
'Wolframite'
Wulfenite
'Yamatoite'

134 entries listed. 100 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

Japan

Kyushu Region
- Nansei Archipelago
  - Kagoshima Prefecture
  - Okinawa Prefecture
    - Daito Islands
      - Kitadaito-jima

Japan

Kyushu Region
- Nansei Archipelago
  - Okinawa Prefecture
    - Daito Islands
      - Okidaito-jima (Oki Daitou; Rasa-tou; Rasa island)
    - Iriomote Island
    - Ishigaki Island
    - Iwoutori-shima (Torijima; Okinawa-Torishima; Kume-Torishima; Ioutorishima; You-Torishima)
    - Kerama Islands
      - Kuba-shima
      - Yakabi-shima
    - Okinawa Island
      - Heshikiya cape
      - Nago City
      - Naha District
        Tomigusuku-son
        Kakazu
      - Onna-son
        Kimu mine
      - Yanbaru region
        Ogimi-son
      - Yomitan
        Yontan airfield (Yomitan airport)
    - Senkaku Islands (Diaoyudao Islands; Diaoyutai Islands)
      - Okinawa Trough
    - Taketomi Island
    - Tonaki Island

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