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Biotite from
Suishoyama pegmatite (Suishouyama; Suisyoyama; Suishyoyama), Iizaka Village (Iisaka), Kawamata, Date District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan


Locality type:Pegmatite
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Suishoyama pegmatite (Suishouyama; Suisyoyama; Suishyoyama), Iizaka Village (Iisaka), Kawamata, Date District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:260242
Long-form Identifier:1:3:260242:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
0.9km (0.5 miles) ⓘFusamata, Kawamata, Date District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
38.8km (24.1 miles) ⓘAtagoyama, Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
60.3km (37.5 miles) ⓘOrebody No. 1, Kannonyama pegmatite (Kannonyama mine), Wagu, Ishikawa town (Ishikawa-machi), Ishikawa District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
60.3km (37.5 miles) ⓘKannonyama pegmatite (Kannonyama mine), Wagu, Ishikawa town (Ishikawa-machi), Ishikawa District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
60.3km (37.5 miles) ⓘOrebody No. 2, Kannonyama pegmatite (Kannonyama mine), Wagu, Ishikawa town (Ishikawa-machi), Ishikawa District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
60.4km (37.5 miles) ⓘOrebody No. 3, Kannonyama pegmatite (Kannonyama mine), Wagu, Ishikawa town (Ishikawa-machi), Ishikawa District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
60.7km (37.7 miles) ⓘWagu, Ishikawa town (Ishikawa-machi), Ishikawa District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
63.1km (39.2 miles) ⓘKozoyama pegmatite, Nekonaki, Ishikawa town (Ishikawa-machi), Ishikawa District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
63.2km (39.3 miles) ⓘIzutsuyama pegmatite, Nekonaki, Ishikawa town (Ishikawa-machi), Ishikawa District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
63.3km (39.4 miles) ⓘIkkoyashiki pegmatite, Nekonaki, Ishikawa town (Ishikawa-machi), Ishikawa District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
References
Geological Survey of Japan, 1970
Nagashima, Kozo, Kato, Akira (1966) Chemical Studies of Minerals Containing Rarer Elements from the Far East District. LX. Thalenite from Suishoyama, Kawamata-machi, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 39 (5). 925-928 doi:10.1246/bcsj.39.925
SUENO, Shigeho, MATSUURA, Shigeru, BUNNO, Michiaki, KUROSAWA, Masanori (2002) Occurrence and crystal chemical features of protoferro-anthophyllite and protomangano-ferro-anthophyllite from Cheyenne Canyon and Cheyenne Mountain, U.S.A. and Hirukawa-mura, Suisho-yama, and Yokone-yama, Japan. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 97 (4) 127-136 doi:10.2465/jmps.97.127
Nishio-Hamane, Daisuke; Momma, Koichi; Shimobayashi, Norimasa; Ohnishi, Masayuki; Kobayashi, Toshinori (2024) Miyawakiite-(Y), □Y4Fe2(Si8O20)(CO3)4(H2O)3, a new mineral from Suishoyama, Kawamata Town, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 119. 023 doi:10.2465/jmps.240722
 
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