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Ofuku mine (Yamato mine), Mine city, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan

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Copper mine in skarn. (The city name Mine, is pronounced "Mee-neh" in japanese, and has nothing at all to do with the english word "mine".)





Mineral List:
  		•  Actinolite
    ☐Ca
     
    2
    		(Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    5
    		(Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    22
    		)(OH)
     
    2
    Reference: [Wada (1904): Minerals of Japan]
  		•  Arsenopyrite
    FeAsS - (Fe
     
    0.90
    		Co
     
    0.10
    		)AsS
    Reference: [Ohnishi, M. et al. (2007): Japanese Magazine of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences 36, 61-65.]
  		•  Azurite
    Cu
     
    3
    		[OH|CO
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Wada (1904): Minerals of Japan]
  		•  Bornite
    Cu
     
    5
    		FeS
     
    4
    Reference: [Wada (1904): Minerals of Japan]
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Wada (1904): Minerals of Japan]
  		•  Cerussite
    PbCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Ryoichi SADANAGA and Michiaki BUNNO (1974) THE WAKABAYASHI MINERAL COLLECTION Bulletin No. 7 The University Museum, The University of Tokyo]
  		•  Chalcocite
    Cu
     
    2
    		S
    Reference: [Dr. Kameki Kinoshita collection (curated at Geological Survey of Japan)]
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Wada (1904): Minerals of Japan]
  		•  'Chlorite Group'
    Reference: [Ohnishi, M. et al. (2007): Japanese Magazine of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences 36, 61-65.]
  		•  Chrysocolla
    (Cu,Al)
     
    2
    		H
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		(OH)
     
    4
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Wada (1904): Minerals of Japan; Dr. Kameki Kinoshita collection (curated at Geological Survey of Japan)]
  		•  Cuprite
    Cu
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Ryoichi SADANAGA and Michiaki BUNNO (1974) THE WAKABAYASHI MINERAL COLLECTION Bulletin No. 7 The University Museum, The University of Tokyo; Dr. Kameki Kinoshita collection (curated at Geological Survey of Japan)]
  		•  Cuprite
    var: Chalcotrichite
    Cu
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Masutomi Museum specimens (Kyoto); Masutomi Museum specimens (Kyoto); Dr. Kameki Kinoshita collection (curated at Geological Survey of Japan)]
  		•  Cuprotungstite
    Cu
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|WO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Alfredo Petrov collection]
    Site Photo
    Ofuku mine (Yamato mine), Mine city, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan
    © 2008, JGW
  		•  Goethite
    α-Fe
    3+
     
    		O(OH)
    Reference: [Dr. Kameki Kinoshita collection (curated at Geological Survey of Japan)]
  		•  Ilvaite
    CaFe
    2+
    2
    		Fe
    3+
     
    		[O|OH|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: [Wada (1904): Minerals of Japan]
  		•  Limonite
    FeO(OH)·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Dr. Kameki Kinoshita collection (curated at Geological Survey of Japan)]
  		•  Malachite
    Cu
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Wada (1904): Minerals of Japan; Dr. Kameki Kinoshita collection (curated at Geological Survey of Japan)]
  		•  Molybdenite
    MoS
     
    2
    Reference: [Dr. Kameki Kinoshita collection (curated at Geological Survey of Japan)]
  		•  Nontronite
    Na
     
    0.3
    		Fe
     
    2
    		(Si,Al)
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		(OH)
     
    2
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Dr. Kameki Kinoshita collection (curated at Geological Survey of Japan)]
  		•  Preisingerite
    Bi
     
    3
    		[O|OH|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		]
    Reference: [Ohnishi, M. et al. (2007): Japanese Magazine of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences 36, 61-65.]
  		•  Pyrrhotite
    Fe
     
    7
    		S
     
    8
    		, (-4M), also given as Fe
     
    1-x
    		S (x = 0 - 0.2)
    Reference: [Wada (1904): Minerals of Japan]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Wada (1904): Minerals of Japan; Dr. Kameki Kinoshita collection (curated at Geological Survey of Japan); Dr. Kameki Kinoshita collection (curated at Geological Survey of Japan)]
  		•  Scheelite
    Ca[WO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Alfredo Petrov collection; Dr. Kameki Kinoshita collection (curated at Geological Survey of Japan)]
    Site Photo
    Ofuku mine (Yamato mine), Mine city, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan
    © 2008, J. Weissman
  		•  Silver
    Ag
    Reference: [M. Hashimoto collection; Dr. Kameki Kinoshita collection (curated at Geological Survey of Japan)]
    Site Photo
    Ofuku mine (Yamato mine), Mine city, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan
    © M.Hashimoto
  		•  Wollastonite
    Ca[SiO
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Ryoichi SADANAGA and Michiaki BUNNO (1974) THE WAKABAYASHI MINERAL COLLECTION Bulletin No. 7 The University Museum, The University of Tokyo]


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