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5847 Miharaite, Mihara mine, Higashi-Mihara, Ibara City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan

Crystalline particles of metallic miharaite. Ex Chet Lemanski Collection. Type Locality. Width of view 7mm. Stack of 60 images. Below: Miharaite, Mihara mine, Higashi-Mihara, Ibara City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Width of view 7mm.

January 11, 2026

ncat GTJ2 Phosphorite, Okidaito-jima (Oki Daitou; Rasa-tou; Rasa island), Daito Islands, Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan

Phosphorite is generally either carbonate-rich hydroxylapatite, or carbonate-rich fluorapatite. This specimen exhibits a green afterglow in parts, after being exposed to longwave ultraviolet light.

August 4, 2025

20134, Descloizite, Miyoshino Mine, Munakata, Okagaki Town, Onga District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

August 4, 2025

15040 D23-1 Abuite, Hinomaru-Nako mine (Hinomaru-Nago mine), Abu town, Abu District, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan

Colourless aggregates in quartz. Ex Hiromi Yamasaki Collection. Type Locality.

August 4, 2025

ncat GTJ2 Piemontite, Otakiyama manganese deposit, Bizan (Otakiyama), Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan

August 4, 2025

ncat GTJ5 Glaucophane, Kotsu mine (Takakoshi mine; Kotu mine), Miyama-mura, Yamakawa-cho, Yoshinogawa City, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan

August 4, 2025

15048 D23-1 Ningyoite, Ningyo-toge mine, Tottori Prefecture, Japan

Tiny greyish material. Type Locality.

August 4, 2025

ncat GTJ2 Ilmenite, Zenihara, Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

August 3, 2025

ncat GTJ5 Cinnabar, Chihaya mine, Minamikawachi district, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

August 3, 2025

ncat GTJ3 Cuprite, Ogoya Mine, Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan

August 3, 2025

ncat GTJ4 Copper, Ogoya Mine, Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan

August 3, 2025

ncat N23-1 Pyromorphite, Sigoro Valley, Toyama City, Kaminiikawa District, Toyama Prefecture, Chubu-Hokuriru Region, Honshu Island, Japan

August 3, 2025