High temperature veins mined since ancient times. Famous for its Japan-law quartz twinning (the original "Japan-law" locality). Old quartz specimens from here often bear the obsolete province name "Kai". In reality a group of many mines spread over several villages and mountain slopes.
Refs: Mineralogical Record: 21: 80; Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 1091.
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localitiesMineral List:19 entries listed. 16 valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.
Localities in this Region: | Japan | |
- Otome mine (Mitake mine; Kurasawa mine)
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