Japan
ncat WD217 Nagashimalite, Mogurazawa mine, Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
One tiny micro in rhodonite. Type Locality.
ncat WD217 Kannanite, Mt Kannan, Ouzu City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Tiny thin beige veins in matrix. Type Locality.
ncat WD217 Baghdadite, Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Two small grains in matrix.
5489 Henmilite, Olshanskyite, Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Purplish crystal of henmilite on white olshanskyite. Type Locality for henmilite. Ex Hiromi Yamasaki. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 55 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
20078 Danalite, Hirako mine, Saijo, Shoubara City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Brown triangular shaped crystal embedded in matrix. 30x25x25mm. Ex Richard Tayler. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
30130 Dmisteinbergite, Kurumazawa gabbro quarry, Katashina, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Thin white pearly cleavages on matrix, fairly sparse. 3.5×2.5cm. OW109.
20075 Suzukiite, Rhodonite, Mogurazawa mine, Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Type Locality. Microscopic green spots on pink rhodonite.
5744 Sugilite, Iwagi Island, Inland Sea, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Type Locality. Yellowish-green spots in aegirine syenite.
5743 Strontio-orthojoaquinite, Kinzandani, Hashidate, Ōmi, Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
Yellow patches in matrix. Ōmi is noted as the Type Locality but it is not clear exactly where. Probably Ōmi River rather than this locality.
5742 Parasibirskite, Olshanskyite, Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Type Locality for parasibirskite. C. Loranth photo.
5741 Taneyamalite, Taneyama mine, Toyo, Yatsushiro City, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Type Locality C. Loranth photo.
5740 Shimazakiite, Hemnilite, Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Type Locality for both species. C. Loranth photo.
30001 Cobaltoan lithiophorite cementing conglomerate from Seto City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Cobaltoan lithiophorite cementing conglomerate from Seto City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, formerly from the Arthur. L. Flagg (1883-1961) collection, catalogued as asbolite” with inventory number 3990 (black painted number & glued fabric strip). The two other...
7115 Jacobsite (Iwakiite), Gozaisho mine, Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Tohoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan
Previously iwakiite. Now redefined as jacobsite-Q, a polymorph of jacobsite. Type Locality. ex Joan Lamond Collection.
4605 Yoshimuraite, Taguchi mine, Shidara-cho, Kita-Shidara-gun, Aichi Prefecture, Chubu Region, Honshu Island, Japan
Tiny orange crystals embedded in matrix.
4045 Goldmanite (manganoan), Yamato Mine, Oshima Gun, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Jim Ferraiolo 6/2005
2889 Quartz, Naru island (Narushima), Gotoh archipelago, Nagasaki Prefecture, Kyushu Region, Japan
Nice Japan Law twin. See http://www.irocks.com/minerals/specimen/1471. Ex Marylin Dodge Collection.
5488 Mangano-ferri-eckermannite, Tanohata mine, Tanohata, Shimohei District, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
Hiromi Yamasaki. Formerly kôzulite.
5492 Jacobsite (Iwakiite), Gozaisho mine, Iwaki, Honshu Island, Japan
Previously iwakiite. Now redefined as jacobsite-Q, a polymorph of jacobsite. Hiromi Yamasaki.
5176 Copper, Okuyama mine, Minamiizu, Kamo district, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
JL0427. Ex Museum Vic
1064 Stibnite, Ichinokawa mine, Saijo City, Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku Island, Japan
Thumbnail group of three interlocking crystals, previously in the Brian Shelton collection. Acquired from Cyril Kovac at the 2013 Waverley Show.
1046 Corundum (Sapphire), Anamushi alluvials, Kashiba City, Nara Prefecture, Japan
About 20 1mm gem blue zoned sapphires from a placer deposit.
0452 Muscovite, Cordierite, Indialite, Daimonjiyama, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Kinki Region, Honshu Island, Japan
Acquired by Jake Slago from Alfredo Petrov at the 2013 Tucson Show. Rocks and Minerals magazine Jul-Aug 2006: The third sentence in this nine page article reads: As with the real blossoms, these stones, known...