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Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan

Fuka mine, Bitchu-cho-fuka, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan

Photo: Hiroaki TANO

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Acanthite
Actinolite
Adamite
var: Cuprian Adamite
Aegirine
Aenigmatite
Afwillite
Aguilarite
Aikinite
Åkermanite
Alabandite
Albite
var: Andesine
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Aleksite
'Allanite'
Alleghanyite
Allophane
Almandine
Altaite
Amphibole Supergroup
var: Uralite
Analcime
Andalusite
Andradite
var: Melanite
'Andradite-Grossular Series'
Annite
Anorthite
var: Labradorite
Anthophyllite
Antigorite
'Apatite'
'Aphrosiderite'
'Apophyllite'
Apophyllite-(KF)
Apophyllite-(KOH)
Apophyllite-(NaF) (TL)
'Aquacreptite'
Aragonite
Ardealite
Arsenohauchecornite
Arsenopyrite
Atacamite
Augelite
Augite
var: Titanian Augite
Aurichalcite
Autunite
'Axinite Group'
Azurite
Babingtonite
Baddeleyite
Baghdadite
Bakerite
Baryte
Bementite
Benavidesite
β-Uranophane
Betpakdalite-CaCa
Bicchulite (TL)
'Biotite'
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutohauchecornite
Böhmite
Boltwoodite
Borcarite
Bornite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Brochantite
Brucite
Bultfonteinite
Buryatite
Cahnite
Calcite
Calzirtite
Cancrinite
Canfieldite
Cannizzarite
Carnotite
Cassiterite
Celadonite
Celestine
Cerussite
'Chabazite'
Chalcocite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
Charlesite
Chenevixite
'Chert'
'Chlorite Group'
Chondrodite
Chromite
Chrysocolla
Cinnabar
Clausthalite
'Clay'
Clerite
Clinochlore
var: Ripidolite
Clinochrysotile
Clinoclase

Clinoferrosilite
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Clinotobermorite (TL)
Clinozoisite
Clinozoisite-(Sr)
Cobaltite
Coffinite
Conichalcite
Copper
Cordierite
Corundum
Covellite
Cristobalite
'Crossite'
Cubanite
Cuprite
var: Chalcotrichite
Cuprosklodowskite
Cuprotungstite
Cuspidine
Danalite
Descloizite
Destinezite
'Deweylite'
Diaspore
Dickite
Digenite
Diopside
var: Chromian Diopside
var: Schefferite
Djerfisherite
Dolomite
Donbassite
Dravite
Enstatite
var: Bronzite
Epidote
Erythrite
Fayalite
'Feldspar Group'
Ferriallanite-(Ce)
Ferrimolybdite
Ferro-Actinolite
Ferrobustamite
Ferro-edenite
Ferro-richterite
Ferrosilite
Fibroferrite
Florencite-(Ce)
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Forsterite
Foshagite
Frolovite
Fukalite (TL)
'Gadolinite'
Gahnite
Galaxite
Galena
'Garnet'
'Garnierite'
Gedrite
Gehlenite
Gersdorffite
Gibbsite
'Gismondine'
'Glass'
Glaucodot
Glaucophane
Godlevskite
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
Gonnardite
Gorceixite
Goyazite
'Grandite'
Graphite
Greenockite
Grossular
var: Chromian Grossular
Gypsum
Haiweeite
'Halloysite'
Hastingsite
Hausmannite
Heazlewoodite
Hedenbergite
Hematite
Hemimorphite
Henmilite (TL)
Hercynite
var: Picotite
Hessite
Heterogenite
Hexahydroborite
Hillebrandite
Hisingerite
'Hokoite'
'Hornblende'
Hübnerite
'Hydrogrossular'
'Hypersthene'
'Iddingsite'
Illite

'Illite-2M'
Ilmenite
Ilvaite
Inyoite
Itoigawaite
Jadeite
Jamesonite
Jennite
Johannsenite
Johnbaumite
'Joséite-B'
Julgoldite-(Fe2+)
Kaolinite
Kasolite
Katophorite
'K Feldspar'
Kilchoanite
Killalaite
Kinoite
'Klaprothite'
Kobeite-(Y)
Kosmochlor
Köttigite
Krupkaite
Kusachiite (TL)
Laitakarite
Laumontite
Legrandite
'Leucoxene'
Liebigite
'Limonite'
Lizardite
Löllingite
Mackinawite
Maghemite
Magnesiochromite
Magnesite
Magnetite
Malachite
Malayaite
Manganbabingtonite
Manganogrunerite
Manganosite
Marcasite
Maucherite
Mawsonite
Melanterite
Melonite
Meneghinite
Mercury
Metaschoepite
Metazeunerite
'Mica Group'
Microcline
Miharaite (TL)
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
Monticellite
Montmorillonite
Morimotoite (TL)
Mottramite
Muscovite
var: Sericite
Natrolite
Naumannite
Neotocite
Nepheline
Nifontovite
Ningyoite (TL)
Nontronite
Nukundamite
Numanoite (TL)
Okayamalite (TL)
Olivenite
'Olivine'
Olshanskyite
Opal
var: Opal-AN
'Orthochrysotile'
Orthoclase
'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
Oyelite (TL)
Parasibirskite (TL)
Pavonite
Pentahydroborite
Pentlandite
Perovskite
Pharmacosiderite
Philipsburgite
Phillipsite-K
Phlogopite
Phosphuranylite
Piemontite
Pigeonite
'Pinite'
Plombièrite
Potarite
Prehnite
Preisingerite
Proto-anthophyllite (TL)
'Psilomelane'
'Pumpellyite'
Pumpellyite-(Fe2+)
Pyrite

Pyrochroite
Pyrophanite
Pyrophyllite
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyroxmangite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Agate
var: Jasper
var: Rock Crystal
Rankinite
Realgar
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Rhönite
'Roméite Group
var: Stibiconite'
Roquesite
Rosenhahnite
Rucklidgeite
Rutile
Sabugalite
Saponite
Scawtite
Scheelite
Schoepite
Scorodite
Scorzalite
Segnitite
'Serpentine Group'
Shimazakiite (TL)
Sibirskite
Siderite
Sillénite
Silver
Skutterudite
var: Smaltite
'Smectite Group'
Smithsonite
Solongoite
Sonolite
Sperrylite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
var: Marmatite
Spinel
var: Chromspinel
Spurrite
Stannite
Stannoidite (TL)
Stibiopalladinite
Stibnite
Stilpnomelane
Stringhamite
Stronalsite
Sudoite
Svanbergite
Takedaite (TL)
Talc
Talnakhite
Taranakite
Tennantite
var: Annivite
Tenorite
Tephroite
Tetrahedrite
Thaumasite
'Thomsonite'
Thomsonite-Ca
Thorogummite
Tilleyite
Titanite
Tobelite (TL)
Tobermorite
Todorokite
Topaz
Torbernite
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Trolleite
Tsumoite (TL)
Tyrolite
Uralborite
Uraninite
Uranophane
Uranopilite
Uvarovite
Vanadinite
Variscite
Vermiculite
Vesuvianite
Vivianite
Wairakite
Weeksite
Wittichenite
'Wolframite'
Wollastonite
'Wollastonite-7Å'
'Wollastonite-7T'
Wulfenite
Xenotime-(Y)
Xonotlite
Zálesíite
Zeophyllite
Zeunerite
Zippeite
Zircon

423 entries listed. 344 valid minerals. 19 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

Japan

Honshu Island
- Chugoku region
  - Hiroshima prefecture
    - Hiba-gun
      - Kushiro
      - Saijo
        Hirako mine
    - Hiroshima City
      - Hataga
        Hataga pegmatite
      - Setagawa
    - Hohkoh mine (Hoko mine)
    - Ikuchi Island
      - Minamiikuchi mine
    - Kamo-gun
      - Horou deposit
    - Mihara City
      - Mihara mine
    - Oni-no-Iwaya cave
    - Otsue mine (Sankinkogyo mine)
    - Saezaki mine
    - Shokozan mine (Yano-Shokozan mine)
  - Okayama Prefecture
    - Akaiwa City
      - Honpi deposit
  - Ashitani mine
  - Bizen City
    - Mitsuishi
  - Fukiyadani mine
  - Hisaki deposits
  - Horigoshi mine
  - Ihara City
    - Higashimihara
  - Kagamino-cho
    - Dochin mine
  - Katsuyama
    - Teragohchi
      - Nagusa mine
      - Ohnagusa mine (Onagusa)
  - Kawakami
    - Shimotokuyama
  - Kenzan mine
  - Kurashiki City
    - Miyoshi mine
    - Obie mine
  - Misaki-cho
    - Yanahara mine (Yanahara mining district)
  - Mito-cho
    - Aida
      - Konjo mine
  - Niimi City
    - Mt Ohsa (Ohsayama; Osayama)
    - Nochi
    - Ohsa-osakabe
      - Ohgibira mine (Ogibira mine)
    - Shingo-takase
      - Takase mine
  - Nobuhara
    - Takazawa mine
  - Ogiyama mine
  - Rissho mine
  - Souja City
    - Yamate mine
  - Takahashi City
    - Bitchu-cho-fuka (Bicchu-cho-fuka)
      - Fuka mine
    - Bitchu-cho-shitouyouze(Bicchu-cho-shitouyouze)
      - Sampo mine
    - Nariwa-cho
      - Sasaune mine
      - Yoshioka mine
    - Sampo mine
  - Tsuyama City
    - Oyama and Meyama
    - Sukumozuka
  - Wake-cho
    - Fujino
  - Yoshinaga
    - Itaya mine
    - Ohira Imazaki mine (Ohhira-Imazaki mine)
- Shimane Prefecture

Japan

Honshu Island
- Chugoku region

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