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Tanakami-yama (Tanokami-yama), Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture, Kinki Region, Honshu Island, Japan



Detailed Mineral List:
Albite
Formula: NaAlSi3O8
Reference: Am.Min. 62:594 (1977)
Allanite-(Ce)
Formula: {CaCe}{Al2Fe2+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Reference: Nakatsugawa Mineral Museum (Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
Beryl
Formula: Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Reference: Ryoichi SADANAGA and Michiaki BUNNO (1974) THE WAKABAYASHI MINERAL COLLECTION Bulletin No. 7 The University Museum, The University of Tokyo
'Biotite'
Reference: Nakatsugawa Mineral Museum (Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
Cassiterite
Formula: SnO2
Reference: Nakatsugawa Mineral Museum (Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
Euxenite-(Y)
Formula: (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ti,Ta)2O6
Reference: Nakatsugawa Mineral Museum (Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
Fergusonite-(Y)
Formula: YNbO4
Reference: Nakatsugawa Mineral Museum (Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
Reference: Nakatsugawa Mineral Museum (Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
Gadolinite-(Y)
Formula: Y2Fe2+Be2Si2O10
Reference: Nakatsugawa Mineral Museum (Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
Galena
Formula: PbS
Reference: Nakatsugawa Mineral Museum (Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
'Heulandite'
Reference: Nakatsugawa Mineral Museum (Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
Hingganite-(Y)
Formula: (Y,REE,Ca)2(□,Fe2+)Be2[SiO4]2(OH)2
Reference: Takada & Matsubara (1989) Chigaku Kenkyu, 38, 7-14.
Hübnerite
Formula: MnWO4
Reference: Nakatsugawa Mineral Museum (Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
Lazulite
Formula: (Mg,Fe2+)Al2(PO4)2(OH)2
Reference: Nakatsugawa Mineral Museum (Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
Masutomilite (TL)
Formula: (K,Rb)(Li,Mn3+,Al)3(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2
Type Locality: Tanakami-yama (Tanokami-yama), Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture, Kinki Region, Honshu Island, Japan
Reference: Am.Min. 62:594 (1977)
Microcline
Formula: KAlSi3O8
Reference: Ryoichi SADANAGA and Michiaki BUNNO (1974) THE WAKABAYASHI MINERAL COLLECTION Bulletin No. 7 The University Museum, The University of Tokyo
Milarite
Formula: K2Ca4Al2Be4Si24O60 · H2O
Reference: Rakovan, J., Ono, M. and Francis, C. (2009). Tanakamiyama: A Classic Japanese Pegmatite District. Rocks & Minerals 84:520-527.
Molybdenite
Formula: MoS2
Reference: Nakatsugawa Mineral Museum (Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
Monazite-(Ce)
Formula: (Ce,La,Nd,Th)(PO4)
Reference: Nakatsugawa Mineral Museum (Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
Montmorillonite
Formula: (Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Reference: Nakatsugawa Mineral Museum (Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Reference: Ryoichi SADANAGA and Michiaki BUNNO (1974) THE WAKABAYASHI MINERAL COLLECTION Bulletin No. 7 The University Museum, The University of Tokyo
Localities: Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region.
Opal var: Opal-AN
Formula: SiO2 · nH2O
Reference: Nakatsugawa Mineral Museum (Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
Orthoclase
Formula: KAlSi3O8
Reference: Ryoichi SADANAGA and Michiaki BUNNO (1974) THE WAKABAYASHI MINERAL COLLECTION Bulletin No. 7 The University Museum, The University of Tokyo
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Reference: Nakatsugawa Mineral Museum (Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
Pyrolusite
Formula: MnO2
Reference: Nakatsugawa Mineral Museum (Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
Pyrrhotite
Formula: Fe1-xS (x = 0 to 0.17)
Reference: Nakatsugawa Mineral Museum (Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Reference: Am.Min. 62:594 (1977)
Localities: Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region.
Quartz var: Smoky Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Reference: Ryoichi SADANAGA and Michiaki BUNNO (1974) THE WAKABAYASHI MINERAL COLLECTION Bulletin No. 7 The University Museum, The University of Tokyo
Photo: © A&M. Smoky Quartz from Tanakami-yama, Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture, Kinki Region, Honshu Island, Japan
Ralstonite ?
Formula: NaMg[Al(F,OH)6] · H2O
Reference: Jimbo (1899) Journal of Science College Imperial University Tokyo: 11: 234; Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 127.
Rutile
Formula: TiO2
Reference: Nakatsugawa Mineral Museum (Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
Samarskite-(Y)
Formula: (Y,Fe3+,Fe2+,U,Th,Ca)2(Nb,Ta)2O8
Reference: Nakatsugawa Mineral Museum (Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
Schorl
Formula: Na(Fe2+3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Reference: Nakatsugawa Mineral Museum (Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
Siderite
Formula: FeCO3
Reference: Nakatsugawa Mineral Museum (Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
Reference: Nakatsugawa Mineral Museum (Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
Topaz
Formula: Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Reference: Am.Min. 62:594 (1977)
Localities: Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region.
Photo: © 2008, JGW. Topaz from Tanakami-yama, Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture, Kinki Region, Honshu Island, Japan
'Tourmaline'
Formula: A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Reference: Am.Min. 62:594 (1977)
Vivianite
Formula: Fe2+3(PO4)2 · 8H2O
Reference: Dr. Kameki Kinoshita collection (curated at Geological Survey of Japan)
'Wolframite'
Formula: (Fe2+)WO4 to (Mn2+)WO4
Reference: Nakatsugawa Mineral Museum (Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
Yttrotantalite-(Y)
Formula: (Y,Ca,U4+,Fe2+)2(Ta,Nb)2O8
Reference: Nagashima & Nagashima (1960) Nihon Kigenso Koubutsu, 230-231.
'Zinnwaldite'
Formula: KLiFe2+Al(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2
Reference: Am.Min. 62:594 (1977)
Zircon
Formula: ZrSiO4
Reference: Nakatsugawa Mineral Museum (Gifu Prefecture, Japan)


41 entries listed. 34 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

References

Rakovan, J., Ono, M. and Francis, C. (2009). Tanakamiyama: A Classic Japanese Pegmatite District. Rocks & Minerals, 84:520-527.

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