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Kushiro, Hiroshima prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan

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Calc-silicate skarn, of the same origin and not far from the more famous Fuka mine in neighboring Okayama prefecture, although Kushiro's mineralogy is much less complex.

Ref.: Henmi, C., Kawahara, A., Henmi, K., Kusachi, I., and Takeuchi, Y. (1983) The 3T, 4T and 5T polytypes of the wollastonite from Kushiro, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. American Mineralogist: 68: 156-163.

Henmi, C., Kusachi, I., and Henmi, K. (1994) Vesuvianite from Kushiro, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Abstracts General Meeting International Mineralogical Association Pisa, Italy, 172.





Mineral List:
  		•  Andradite
    var: Melanite
    Reference: [Dr. Matsuo Nambu collection (curated at Geological Survey of Japan)]
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Dr. Matsuo Nambu collection (curated at Geological Survey of Japan)]
  		•  Cancrinite
    Na
     
    6
    		Ca
     
    2
    		[(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    		|Al
     
    6
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    24
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Kusachi & Henmi (1990) Koubutsu-Gakkai Kou'en-Youshi, 97.]
  		•  Djerfisherite
    K
     
    6
    		(Cu,Fe,Ni)
     
    25
    		S
     
    26
    		Cl
    Reference: [Takechi et al (1999) Koubutsu-Gakkai Kou’en-Youshi, 97]
  		•  Foshagite
    Ca
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    3
    		O
     
    9
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  Fukalite
    Ca
     
    4
    		[CO
     
    3
    		|(HSiO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		]
    Reference: [Alfredo Petrov - alfredo@mindat.org; American Mineralogist, Volume 94, pages 323–333, 2009]
  		•  Grossular
    Ca
     
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    Reference: [Dr. Matsuo Nambu collection (curated at Geological Survey of Japan)]
  		•  Hillebrandite
    Ca
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|SiO
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Kusachi et al (1971) Koubutsugaku Zasshi, 10, 296-304.]
  		•  Jennite
    Ca
     
    9
    		H
     
    2
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		(OH)
     
    8
    		·6H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Kusachi et al (1984) Koubutsu-Gakkai Kou\'en-Youshi, 100.]
  		•  Killalaite
    Ca
     
    3
    		[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		] · 0.5H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Kusachi et al (1984) Koubutsu-Gakkai Kou'en-Youshi, 100.]
  		•  Nepheline
    (Na,K)[AlSiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Kusachi et al (1995) Sanko-Gakkai Kou'en-Youshi, 73.]
  		•  Rosenhahnite
    HCa
     
    3
    		[Si
     
    3
    		O
     
    9
    		(OH)]
    Reference: [Henmi, et al (1982) Sanko-Gakkai Kou\'en-Youshi, 154.]
  		•  Scawtite
    Ca
     
    7
    		Si
     
    6
    		(CO
     
    3
    		)O
     
    18
    		·2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Kusachi et al (1971) Koubutsugaku Zasshi, 10, 296-304.]
  		•  Spurrite
    Ca
     
    5
    		[CO
     
    3
    		|(SiO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		]
    Reference: [Kusachi et al (1971) Koubutsugaku Zasshi, 10, 170-180.]
  		•  Vesuvianite
    Ca
     
    10
    		(Mg,Fe)
     
    2
    		Al
     
    4
    		Si
     
    9
    		O
     
    34
    		(OH)
     
    4
    Reference: [Abstracts General Meeting International Mineralogical Association Pisa, Italy, 172.; Dr. Matsuo Nambu collection (curated at Geological Survey of Japan)]
  		•  'Wollastonite-7A'
    CaSiO
     
    3
    Reference: [Henmi, C., Kawahara, A., Henmi, K., Kusachi, I., and Takeuchi, Y. (1983) The 3T, 4T and 5T polytypes of the wollastonite from Kushiro, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. American Mineralogist: 68: 156-163.]


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