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Yamato mine, Yamato-son, Amami-Oshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, Nansei Archipelago, Kyushu Region, Japan
Photo: Hiroaki TANO
Metamorphosed, low-grade manganese ore. Abandoned around 1960.
All lower elevation adits disappeared by renewal construction of prefectural road.
Traces of dumps remain.
WARNING: Dumps are infested with the very poisonous "Habu" snake!
(Habu or Hon-habu; Protobothrops flavoviridis, most poisonous snake in Japan)
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31 entries listed. 27 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).
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Updated Mineral Entry: SterryiteFrom Uwe Kolitsch, 19th Jun 2013 09:28:55