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Kusugi Mine, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan

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Tabular body of metamorphosed sedimentary manganese ore hosted in Paleozoic chert. Ref: Lee, D. E. (1955): Mineralogy of Some Japanese Manganese Ores, (Stanford University Press)




Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
  		•  Actinolite
    ☐Ca
     
    2
    		(Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    5
    		(Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    22
    		)(OH)
     
    2
    Reference: [Lee, D. E. (1955)]
  		•  Alabandite
    Mn
    2+
     
    		S
    Reference: [Lee, D. E. (1955)]
  		•  'Allanite'
    Reference: [Lee, D. E. (1955)]
  		•  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.]
  		•  'Apatite'
    Reference: [Lee, D. E. (1955)]
  		•  Baryte
    BaSO
     
    4
    Reference: [Lee, D. E. (1955)]
  		•  Bementite
    Mn
     
    5
    		Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		(OH)
     
    6
    Reference: [Lee, D. E. (1955)]
  		•  Galaxite
    (Mn,Fe,Mg)(Al,Fe)
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [Mayumi Yoshinaga (1963) Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Series D, Geology, 14, 1, 1-22.]
  		•  'Garnet Group'
    X
     
    3
    		Z
     
    2
    		(TO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		 (X = Ca, Fe, etc·, Z = Al, Cr, etc·, T = Si, As, V)
    Reference: [Lee, D. E. (1955)]
  		•  Hübnerite
    MnWO
     
    4
    Reference: [Lee, D. E. (1955)]
  		•  Manganogrunerite
    [ ][Mn
    2+
    2
    		][Fe
    2+
    5
    		][(OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    22
    		]
    Reference: [H. Momoi (1964) Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Series D, Geology, 15, #1, 39-63.]
  		•  'Monazite'
    Reference: [Lee, D. E. (1955)]
  		•  Neotocite
    (Mn,Fe,Mg)SiO
     
    3
    		·H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Lee, D. E. (1955)]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Lee, D. E. (1955)]
  		•  Pyrochroite
    Mn(OH)
     
    2
    Reference: [Mayumi Yoshinaga (1963) Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Series D, Geology, 14, 1, 1-22.]
  		•  Pyrophanite
    Mn
    2+
     
    		TiO
     
    3
    Reference: [Lee, D. E. (1955)]
  		•  Pyroxmangite
    MnSiO
     
    3
    Reference: [Lee, D. E. (1955)]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Lee, D. E. (1955)]
  		•  Rhodochrosite
    MnCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Mayumi Yoshinaga (1963) Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Series D, Geology, 14, 1, 1-22.]
  		•  Rhodonite
    MnSiO
     
    3
    Reference: [Lee, D. E. (1955)]
  		•  Sonolite
    Mn
    2+
    9
    		[(OH,F)
     
    2
    		|(SiO
     
    4
    		)
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Mayumi Yoshinaga (1963) Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Series D, Geology, 14, 1, 1-22.]
  		•  Spessartine
    Mn
    2+
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    Reference: [H. Momoi (1964) Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Series D, Geology, 15, #1, 60.]
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [Lee, D. E. (1955)]
  		•  Tephroite
    Mn
    2+
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Lee, D. E. (1955)]


    24 entries listed. 20 valid minerals.

    Localities in this Region:
    Japan
     
    • Honshu Island
      • Chugoku Region
        • Yamaguchi Prefecture
          • Kusugi Mine

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