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Hirukawa, Ena-gun, Gifu Prefecture, Chubu Region, Honshu Island, Japan

Ref.: Sueno, S., Matsuura, S., Bunno, M., and Kurosawa, M. (2002) Occurrence and crystal chemical features of protoferro-anthophyllite and protomangano-ferroanthophyllite from Cheyenne Canyon and Cheyenne Mountain, U.S.A. and Hirukawa-mura, Suisho-yama, and Yokone-yama, Japan. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences: 97: 127-136.

An area of miarolytic cavities and pegmatites in granite quarries. Produced specimens abundantly in the past, but has almost dried up due to the quarries closing because of cheap granite imports from abroad.




Mineral list contains contents from all localities listed at bottom of page


Mineral List:
  • Aeschynite-(Y)
  • Albite
  • 'Allanite'
  • Anatase
  • Arsenopyrite
  • Bazzite
  • Bertrandite
  • Beryl
  • Biotite
  • Bismite
  • Bismuth
  • Bismuthinite
  • Cassiterite
  • 'Chabazite'
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Chamosite
  • 'Columbite'
  • Corundum
  • Fayalite
  • 'Feldspar Group'
  • Ferberite
  • 'Fergusonite'
  • Fluorite
  • 'Gadolinite'
  • Gadolinite-(Ce) (TL)
  • 'Hellandite'
  • Hellandite-(Y)
  • Hingganite-(Ce) (TL)
  • Hingganite-(Y)
  • Kaolinite
  • 'K Feldspar'
  • Koechlinite
  • Löllingite
  • Masutomilite (TL)
  • Milarite
  • Molybdenite
  • Monazite-(Ce)
  • Muscovite
  • Opal
    var: Opal-AN
  • Orthoclase
  • Phenakite
  • Philipsbornite
  • Prehnite
  • Protoferro-anthophyllite (TL)
  • Quartz
  • Rutile
  • Samarskite-(Y)
  • Scheelite
  • Scorodite
  • Scorzalite
  • 'Sericite'
  • 'Stilbite'
  • Stokesite
  • Symplesite
  • Tennantite
  • Thorite
  • Titanite
  • Topaz
  • Wodginite
  • Wolframite
  • Zavaritskite
  • Zinnwaldite
  • Zircon


    63 entries listed. 49 valid minerals. 4 type localities (valid minerals).

    Localities in this Region:
    Japan
     
    • Honshu Island
      • Chubu Region
        • Gifu Prefecture
          • Ena-gun
            • Hirukawa
    Japan
     
    • Honshu Island
      • Chubu Region
        • Gifu Prefecture
          • Ena-gun
            • Hirukawa

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