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Fuka mine, Bitchu-cho-fuka (Bicchu-cho-fuka), Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan
布賀鉱山, 岡山県 高梁市 備中町布賀
Underground mine for very pure calcite which was used by a toothpaste company, among others. Interesting species are in high-temperature, boron-bearing, extremely low-Fe calc-silicate skarn between calcite limestone orebody and igneous intrusives (monzonite).
Collecting strictly prohibited to everyone except researchers associated with Okayama University.
Mineral List
84 entries listed. 77 valid minerals. 12 type localities (valid minerals). 1 erroneous literature entry.
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References
- Mineralogical Journal of Japan (1977): 8, 374-381.
- Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Japan (1980): 14: 314-322.
- American Mineralogist (1986): 71: 1234-1239.
- Mineralogical Magazine (1995): 59: 549-552.
- Mineralogical Record (1996): 27: 303.
- American Mineralogist (1999): 84: 686.
- Lapis 2002(11), 12.
- Tanaka, T., Minakawa, T., Kusachi, I. and Tanabe, M. (2009): Bi-bearing and REE-free zálesíite from the Fuka mine, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 104, 164-167.
- Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Japan (1980): 14: 314-322.
- American Mineralogist (1986): 71: 1234-1239.
- Mineralogical Magazine (1995): 59: 549-552.
- Mineralogical Record (1996): 27: 303.
- American Mineralogist (1999): 84: 686.
- Lapis 2002(11), 12.
- Tanaka, T., Minakawa, T., Kusachi, I. and Tanabe, M. (2009): Bi-bearing and REE-free zálesíite from the Fuka mine, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 104, 164-167.
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