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Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa City, 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 entries from the region specified including sub-localities


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-(Y)
Hingganite-(Ce) (TL)
Hingganite-(Y)
Kaolinite
'K Feldspar'
Koechlinite
Löllingite
Masutomilite
Milarite
Molybdenite
Monazite-(Ce)
Muscovite
Opal
var: Opal-AN

Orthoclase
Phenakite
Philipsbornite
Prehnite
Protoferro-anthophyllite (TL)
Quartz
Rutile
Samarskite-(Y)
Scheelite
Scorodite
Scorzalite
Segnitite
'Sericite'
'Stilbite'
Stillwellite-(Ce)
Stokesite
Symplesite
Tennantite
Thorite
Titanite
Topaz
Wodginite
Wolframite
Zavaritskite
Zinnwaldite
Zircon


91 entries listed. 51 valid minerals. 3 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region:
Japan
 
  • Honshu Island
    • Chubu Region
      • Gifu Prefecture
        • Nakatsugawa City
          • Hirukawa

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