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Tawara (Tahara), Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture, Chubu Region, Honshu Island, Japan

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Miarolitic cavities in granite. Several granite quarries exist, mostly no longer worked because of cheaper imports from China.




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


Mineral List:
  		•  Albite
    Na[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [Endo, S. (2007) Chigaku Kenkyu, 56, #1, 17-23.]
  		•  Bazzite
    Be
     
    3
    		Sc
     
    2
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    Reference: [Endo, S. (2007) Chigaku Kenkyu, 56, #1, 17-23.]
  		•  Biotite
    Reference: [Endo, S. (2007) Chigaku Kenkyu, 56, #1, 17-23.]
  		•  'Chabazite'
    Reference: [Endo, S. (2007) Chigaku Kenkyu, 56, #1, 17-23.]
  		•  Chamosite
    (Fe
    2+
     
    		,Mg)
     
    5
    		Al[(OH)
     
    8
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [Endo, S. (2007) Chigaku Kenkyu, 56, #1, 17-23.]
  		•  'Fergusonite'
    Reference: [Endo, S. (2007) Chigaku Kenkyu, 56, #1, 17-23.]
  		•  Fluorite
    CaF
     
    2
    Reference: [Endo, S. (2007) Chigaku Kenkyu, 56, #1, 17-23.]
  		•  Gadolinite-(Ce) (TL)
    (Ce,La,Nd,Y)
     
    2
    		Fe
    2+
     
    		Be
     
    2
    		[O|SiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    Type Locality: Tawara (Tahara), Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture, Chubu Region, Honshu Island, Japan
    Reference: [IMA-CNMMN approval, 2004-04]
  		•  Hellandite-(Y)
    (Ca,Y)
     
    6
    		(Al,Fe
    3+
     
    		)Si
     
    4
    		B
     
    4
    		O
     
    20
    		(OH)
     
    4
    Reference: [Miyawaki, R. et al (1987) Kobutsugaku Zasshi, 18, 17–30; American Mineralogist, 84, pages 913–921, 1999]
  		•  Hingganite-(Ce) (TL)
    (Ce,REE)
     
    2
    		(□,Fe
    2+
     
    		)Be
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		(OH)
     
    2
    Type Locality: Iwaguro Sekizai quarry, Tawara (Tahara), Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture, Chubu Region, Honshu Island, Japan
    Reference: [Ritsuro Miyawaki, Satoshi Matsubara, Kazumi Yokoama, Akiyoshi Okamoto (2007) Hingganite-(Ce) and hingganite-(Y) from Tahara, Hirukawa-mura, Gifu Prefecture, Japan: The description on a new mineral species of the Ce-analogue of hingganite-(Y) with a refinement of the crystal structure of hingganite-(Y). Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences: Vol. 102 (2007) , No. 1 February 1-7. ]
  		•  Hingganite-(Y)
    (Y,REE,Ca)
     
    2
    		(□,Fe
    2+
     
    		)Be
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		(OH)
     
    2
    Reference: [Miyawaki, R. et al (1987) Koubutsugaku Zasshi, 18, 17-30.]
  		•  'K Feldspar'
    Reference: [Endo, S. (2007) Chigaku Kenkyu, 56, #1, 17-23.]
  		•  Muscovite
    KAl
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [Endo, S. (2007) Chigaku Kenkyu, 56, #1, 17-23.]
  		•  Opal
    var: Opal-AN
    SiO
     
    2
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Alfredo Petrov collection]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Endo, S. (2007) Chigaku Kenkyu, 56, #1, 17-23.]
  		•  'Stilbite'
    Reference: [Alfredo Petrov collection]
  		•  Stokesite
    CaSn[Si
     
    3
    		O
     
    9
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Nikao et al (1977) Stokesite in the region of Ena, Gifu prefecture. Chigaku Kenkyu (Geoscience Magazine): 28: 149-152 (in Japanese).]
  		•  Thorite
    (Th,U)[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Endo, S. (2007) Chigaku Kenkyu, 56, #1, 17-23.]
  		•  Wodginite
    Mn(Sn,Ta)Ta
     
    2
    		O
     
    8
    Reference: [Kobutsugaku Zasshi, 18, 17–30.]
  		•  Zircon
    Zr[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Endo, S. (2007) Chigaku Kenkyu, 56, #1, 17-23.]


    20 entries listed. 14 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

    Localities in this Region:
    Japan
     
    • Honshu Island
      • Chubu Region
        • Gifu Prefecture
          • Nakatsugawa City
            • Hirukawa
              • Tawara (Tahara)

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