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Topaz from
Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan


Classification
Species:Topaz
Formula:Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Smoky Quartz2 photos of Topaz associated with Smoky Quartz at this locality.
Albite1 photo of Topaz associated with Albite at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Topaz associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Topaz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:115225
Long-form Identifier:1:3:115225:8
GUID (UUID V4):56c4ddcd-8822-414f-b397-f4129ffd3332
Localities for Topaz in this Region
Ebisu Mine, Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Ichinose, Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Tawara (Tahara), Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Yagenyama, Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Nearest other occurrences of Topaz
1.7km (1.1 miles) Ebisu Mine, Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
3.9km (2.4 miles) Tawara (Tahara), Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
7.2km (4.5 miles) Fukuoka, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
9.0km (5.6 miles) Ushiroyama, Naegi, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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icing on the more spectacular crystals of beryl, topaz, and tourmaline. Even the common minerals of microcline...NYF Miarolitic topaz, amazonite, phenakite Pikes Peak Granite NYF Miarolitic topaz, amazonite, phenakite...White Mountain intrusive suite NYF Miarolitic topaz Camp (2011); Creasy and Eby (1993); Samuelson,...CO, USA Pikes Peak Granite NYF Rare-Element topaz, zircon, yttrofluorite, fluocerite, samarskite,...Granites NYF Miarolitic schorl, bertrandite, rarely topaz Colombo, Lira, and Miner (2009); Colombo, Lira
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just east of the city of Kyoto, on the southern end of Lake Biwa, in Shiga Prefecture (fig. 3). It is...pegmatite districts in Japan, along with the Hirukawa area in Gifu Prefecture and the Fukushima district...Ishikawa Prefecture (Nambu 1970). Tanakami is probably most noteworthy for its production of fine topaz crystals...Museum est official history Harvard University of Japan). Thus, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 the pronunciation...(May 2005). The southern end of Lake Biwa and the city of Otsu can be seen in the background. Note the
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× 36 cm, in Naegi Granite, Tahara, Hirukawa, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Minerals include smoky quartz and...miarolitic pegmatite, Tanakamiyama, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The specimen, 12 cm across, is the pocket...University] at 21:14 27 August 2013 Figure 3. Topaz on feldspar with smoky quartz from NYF miarolitic...miarolitic pegmatite, Tanakamiyama, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Estimated topaz crystal length 10 cm. Mitsubishi... Shiga Prefecture (Obayoshi 2002; Nambu 1970); and the Naegi Granite, Gifu Prefecture, Japan (Nambu 1970;
Report (issue)
IGNEOUS ACTIVITY AND RELATED METAMORPHISM IN CENTRAL JAPAN —FROM NAGOYA TO TOYAMA- & ■ « e r / * \ ... QE 461 . C47 1977 Geological Survey of Japan 1977 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2019 with...Igneous Activity and Related Metamorphism in Central Japan —From Nagoya to Toyama— By Naotoshi Ycimada Tamotsu...Yamada Geological Survey of Japan Isamu Kobayashi, Director Kawasaki-shi, Japan 1977 Q'H _ Of © 1977...1977 Geological Survey of Japan 135 Hisamoto, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki-shi, 213 Japan Sumitomo Printing & Publishing
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X-ray diffraction. The samples are from Hirukawa mine, Japan: (Si3.43Al0.57)(Al1.00 Fe0.38Mg0.01Mn0.17Li1...1986). At Hirukawa mine (Ena county, Gifu prefecture, Chibu region, Japan, labeled “Hirukawa”) the host...containing crystals of smoky quartz, orthoclase, topaz, beryl, bertrandite, ßuorite, cassiterite, zeolites...pegmatite Þeld (Alabashka Þeld), where large gem-blue topaz, heliodor and aquamarine beryl, smoky quartz, and...counts (m.e.c) for Fe-, Mn-, and Li-rich micas-1M Hirukawa SiO2 Al2O3 TiO2 Cr2O3 FeO MgO MnO Li2O BaO CaO
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
224-235 MONAZITE MINE, GIFU FROM JUNE, 1958 THE EBISU PREFECTURE TOSHIO KATO MineralogicalInstitute...Tokyo ABSTRACT Monazite from the Ebisu mine, Gifu Prefecture has been studied. The monazite from Ebisu is...of radioactive from the method ages Prefecture, in Japan. mine in the and determined determined...determined not give minerals Ebisu The of total Gifu of several reliable age Recently district, the...mass from localitiess monazite spectroscopic Japan have been based on the ratio, This ratio will
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museum and private collections, as do somewhat rarer topaz, garnet, and phenakite specimens. Perhaps America’s...and other veins. Commonly associated minerals are topaz, beryl, Dr. Robert B. Cook, an executive editor...eastern and central United States. It occurs at the topaz locality at Lord’s Hill, Stoneham, and is reported...beryl, albite, quartz, fluorite, bertrandite, and topaz (Pough 1936; Switzer 1939). Attempts to mine and/or...cm, some of which are of gem quality, occur with topaz, zircon, amazonite, and smoky quartz. Other El Paso
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Fractionated Ilmenite-series Granites in Southwest Japan: Source Magma for REE-Sn-W Mineralizations Shunso...MURAKAMI Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, Central 7, Tsukuba 305-8567, Japan [e-mail: s-ishihara@aist.go... and the third largest is Yamasan, Hiroshima Prefecture (Anzai, 1950). Much smaller pegmatites containing...Tanakami area of Shiga Prefecture is also known for beautiful crystals, mostly topaz, from drusy pegmatites...Cretaceous metallogenic province of the Inner Zone of SW Japan showing the localities for the studied areas (★)
Report (issue)
No. 14: Topaz Perfect Cleavage ISBN 978-0-9790998-9-2 Publisher Lithographie, LLC Denver, Colorado...United States of America Photo Credits Cover: Topaz, 3.5 cm tall Capao Mine, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais...Sigerman collection Robert Weldon photo Above: Topaz, 5.5 cm tall El Chalten, Santa Cruz, Argentina Scott...brooch/pendant is set with topaz from three different localities. Two Brazilian "Imperial" topaz gems make up the...the wings, totaling 19.59 carats, are light blue topaz. The wing tips are set with melee diamonds. The
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Charlottesville] at 12:13 03 August 2012 from Japan Part 4: The University of Tokyo (Wakabayashi)...Figure 1. Map of Japan, by William Besse. 188 ROCKS & MINERALS F or my last “News from Japan” article, I...Petrov to be coauthor. Alfredo regularly travels to Japan for the Osaka and Tokyo mineral shows and to lead...the stifling heat and humidity one wonders if this city was chosen for an international congress on global...rooftop beer gardens, affording nice views of the city and the sunset over the western mountains, are a
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Vol. 18, pp. 209 to 214, 1984 NOTE Occurence of topaz Ugusu mine and concentration from silica ...Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan (Received September 3, 1983: Accepted May 28, 1984) Topaz occurs in the centralpart...alteredzone of the Ugusumine. Fluorinecontent of topaz was obrainedby X-ray diffraction technique, with...hydrothermal solution responsiblefor the formation of topaz has a temperature of 300°C, HF/H20 activity ratio...rich solutionsexisted during the formation of the topaz. Such a high fluoride concentration,may be as cribedto
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in Japan. NAGASHIMA, Toshio ISOBE type pegmatite Abstract Hingganite, hellandite Hirukawa-mura...Hirukawa-mura, and Ena-gun, wodginite Gifu 1.13, were found as associated and an colorless unknown ...•ð, (7), of reported. surface chlorite and topaz, beryl, minerals are parameters: c=4.792(4)...Dy0.21•c)‡”10.65 colorless druse Japan. and with in prefecture, ‡” 1.91Fe2+0.09Be2.08Si2.08O8.09(OH)1... Wodginite from Tahara, Tahara, Japan. with crystals of Japan. 1. Location map 1. The quarry of
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TOPAZ A • MINERALOGICAL • REVIEW Downloaded by [New York University] at 21:04 11 May 2015 Coveted...specimens from the National Museum of Natural History TOPAZ IS THE STATE GEM of Texas and Utah; however, it...the "big three" (emerald, sapphire, and ruby), topaz is nevertheless regarded as an important and prized...attributes is that, unlike many other gem minerals, topaz may occur in crystals large enough to cut giant...giant gemstones. Gems such as the Champagne Topaz (36,853 carats), the American Golden (22,875 carats), and
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is a large (2 cm ( I 5/ 8 inches) on an edge) topaz termination, white translucent with a sharp, clear...new find, which he personally collected near Cedar City, Utah. The e arc deep, dark brown magnetite crystals...still working II. weather pcm1Ittmg. Some of the topaz occurs with what he calls smoky ··cathedral'· quartz...Lehigh Minerals (James McEwen, Box 25821, Sall Lake City, UT 84125, ph. 801-298-3711 and 801-298-2882, email...Hunan Chamber of Commerce, with an address in Temple City, CA, and one in China. It was closing time, and
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consisting of gadolinite, fergusonite, euxenite, topaz, and beryl. These have been located in the following...Mont Blanc, France Val Formazza, Italy Tahara, Japan various localities on Kola Peninsula, Russia Strange...composition of bakerite from Fuka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Mineralogical Journal 17, 111–117. GIBSON...hellandite and wodgenite in Japan. Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Japan 18, 17–30. MIYAWAKI, R....and hingganite-(Y) from Tahara, Hirukawa-mura, Gifu Prefecture, Japan: The description on a new mineral
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reported from Sweden (Nysten & Gustafsson 2006) and Japan (Endo 2007), or very rare, restricted to a few locations...fluorite, and some F in the micas. No trace of topaz. Among the alkali metals Caesium is a significant...Russia; Carlo Gramaccioli, Italy; Satoshi Matsubara, Japan; Yves Moelo, France; Carl Francis, USA; Scott Wood...(2007): Cesian bazzite from Tahara, Hirukawa, Gifu prefecture, Japan. Chigaku Kenkyu 56, 17-23 (in Japanese...Abstract, Annual Meeting, Mineralogical Society of Japan, Akita, 154 (in Japanese with English abstract)
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Tokyo 192, Japan bInstitutefor Atomic Energy, Rikkyo University, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 240, Japan Clnstitutfiir...igneous rocks distributed by the Geological Survey of Japan (GSJ) and by the Association National de la Recherche...processed and distributed by the Geological Survey of Japan (GSJ) (Ando et al., 1989), and two standard samples...Nagasaki,Japan GSJ volcanicrock: JB-I JB-la JB-2 JB-3 JA-1 JA-2 JR-/ JR-2 O-shima, Tokyo,Japan Narusawa-mura...Yamanashi,Japan Manazuru-machi,Kanagawa,Japan Tsumagoi-mura,Gunma,Japan Wada-mura, Nagano, Japan Shimosuwa-machi
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Carson City, NV 89701 702-883-2598 Bookstore Marilee Chirila 1601 Fairview Dr., Suite C Carson City, NV...Richards Famous mineral localities: the Ouro Preto topaz mines ............................................new species of minerals, F-OH substitutions in topaz, amphiboles and tourmaline. X-rays were required...traveler, Francois Martin, wrote that quantities of topaz, amethyst and other colored stones had been found...Anjanabonoina. Gem-quality pink beryl, cordierite, garnets, topaz, zircon, danburite, komerupine, scapolite and diopside
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Huanggang mine, Keshiketeng Banner, Chifeng Prefecture, Inner Mongolia. Superlative ilvaite specimens...2001). ASIA CHINA Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan. The sulfosalt "feather ores" occur commonly...tourmaline-group species foitite, with associations of schorl, topaz and smok.-yquartz (Jahn, 2010); in some specimens...are associated with aggregates of fibrous white topaz, feldspar, and smoky quartz (Niedermayr et al.,...Mountain near Pan-tara village, 19 km northeast of the city of Mogok. The loose crystals are long-prismatic
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indefinitely. John St. Aubyn Collection The Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery in Plymouth, England is currently...the St. Aubyn collection, please contact Plymouth City Museum. Their wish is only to authenticate and obtain...information to contribute, contact the Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery at st.aubyn@plymouth.gov...Military Library at Devonport (and is now at Plymouth City Museum), whereas the remaining mineral specimens...auctioned off. As part of the project, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery is trying to locate other
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Accessory minerals include fluorite, fluocerite-(Ce), topaz, phenakite, cassiterite, zircon, yttrotantalite...samarskite-(Y), fergusonite-(Y), microlite, phenakite, topaz, genthelvite, danalite, chlorite, siderite, goethite...Cheyenne Mountain, U.S.A. and Hirukawa-mura, Suisho-yama, and Yokone-yama, Japan. Journal of Mineralogical
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not an advertiser we commonly give his address or city so that readers may track him down. In total, many...was recently identified at a new location in the city of Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, California...3 cm across. Figure 5. Map of a portion of the city of Walnut Creek showing the vivianite occurrence...c-axis, they collectively define an almost perfect “topaz close-packing” or “double hexagonal closepacking”...place in 1857: by Imperial decree the old fortified city walls dating back to medieval times were razed,
Book
A. Jobbins Butterworth-Heinemann Gem Books Topaz m(JTTERWORTH EINEMANN Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd...Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Hoover, D. B. Topaz. - (Butterworth-Heinemann Gem Books Series) I. Title...Profile xii 1 Topaz - Historical perspectives 1 Introduction 1 Etymology of topaz 1 Topaz in ancient times...times 3 Topaz in Roman times 8 The Dark Ages 12 The Middle Age~ - topaz changes colour The beginning of...of empiricism 15 13 2 Large and important topaz gems and crystals 20 Introduction 20 Giant uncut crystals
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region has had a complex history. Genoa is the main city and the main harbor of the region; the eastern Ligurian...Noda-Tamagawa mine (Iwate, Japan), and from the Yamato mine (Kagoshima, Japan) is one of the most interesting...Fluorite (Germany) $10 v.10/#3 Taewha mine (Korea) Japan Twins (Quartz), Bancroft (Ont.), Franklin $10 Thomas...Thomas & Wah Wah Ranges (Utah) (famous for Topaz, Red Beryl, etc) $10 v .ll/# l Toxic Minerals Barite...mine (AZ), Parker Cleaveland $10 Ichinokawa mine (Japan), Bandora mine (CO), Chemikovite, Getchell arsenates
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mineral surface, expressed in clase. 7 - quartz. 8 - topaz, 9 - corundum, 10 - dia- percentage. The collected...(province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept. (departement), dept. (departamento),...Mineralogical Abstracts MJJ - Mineralogical Journal of Japan MM - Mineralogical Magazine MP - Mineralogy and...Lode, Virginia City, Storey co., and at Tonopah, Nye co., both Nevada, at Silver City, Owehee co., Idaho...xenothermal veins at the Hade mine, Okayama pref., Japan. At the Kaltenberg mine, Turtmanntal Valley, Valais
 
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