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Sono mine, Sohraku-gun, Kyoto Prefecture, Kinki Region, Honshu Island, Japan

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Rhodochrosite-rich metamorphosed sedimentary manganese ore, hosted in Paleozoic slate about 4km from a granite intrusion.





Mineral List:
  		•  Alleghanyite
    Mn
    2+
    5
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|(SiO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		]
    Reference: [Mayumi Yoshinaga (1963) Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Series D, Geology, 14, 1, 1-22.]
  		•  Galaxite
    (Mn,Fe,Mg)(Al,Fe)
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: []
  		•  Jacobsite
    Mn
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: []
  		•  Neotocite
    (Mn,Fe,Mg)SiO
     
    3
    		·H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Mayumi Yoshinaga (1963) Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Series D, Geology, 14, 1, 1-22.]
  		•  Pyrochroite
    Mn(OH)
     
    2
    Reference: []
  		•  Pyroxmangite
    MnSiO
     
    3
    Reference: [Mayumi Yoshinaga (1963) Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Series D, Geology, 14, 1, 1-22.]
  		•  Rhodochrosite
    MnCO
     
    3
    Reference: []
  		•  Rhodonite
    MnSiO
     
    3
    Reference: [Mayumi Yoshinaga (1963) Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Series D, Geology, 14, 1, 1-22.]
  		•  Sonolite (TL)
    Mn
    2+
    9
    		[(OH,F)
     
    2
    		|(SiO
     
    4
    		)
     
    4
    		]
    Type Locality: Sono mine, Sohraku-gun, Kyoto Prefecture, Kinki Region, Honshu Island, Japan
    Reference: [ZVMO 119/2 (1990), 98]
  		•  Tephroite
    Mn
    2+
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Mayumi Yoshinaga (1963) Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Series D, Geology, 14, 1, 1-22.]


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