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Kaso Mine, Kanuma City, Tochigi Prefecture, Kanto Region, Honshu Island, Japan

Pyrophanite
Kaso Mine, Kanuma City, Tochigi Prefecture, Kanto Region, Honshu Island, Japan

Photo: Hiroaki TANO
Latitude: 36°36'15"N
Longitude: 139°38'0"E
加蘇鉱山, 栃木県 鹿沼市

Metamorphosed sedimentary manganese ore hosted in Paleozoic metasediments. Includes a complex rhodonite vein emplaced along a fault plane between quartzite and slate.

References

- Kamitani, M., Okumura, K., Teraoka, Y., Miyano, S., and Watanabe, Y. (2007): Mineral Resources Map of East Asia. Geological Survey of Japan.

Mineral List

Alabandite
'Albite-Anorthite Series
var: Barium-Albite'

Alleghanyite
'Amphibole Group'
Baryte
Braunite
Calcite
Celsian
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Galaxite
Galena
Hyalophane
Jacobsite
Jimboite (TL)
'K Feldspar
var: Adularia'

Manganosite
Neotocite
Pyrite
Pyrochroite
Pyrophanite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Ribbeite
Sonolite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Tephroite
Wiserite


31 entries listed. 26 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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