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Quartz from
Shiraishi-yama (Shiroishi), Kobe, Kyōtango City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan


Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Shiraishi-yama (Shiroishi), Kobe, Kyōtango City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:647487
Long-form Identifier:1:3:647487:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
9.7km (6.1 miles) ⓘIsanago mine, Ohro (Ōro; Ouro; Ooro), Kyotango city, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
33.9km (21.0 miles) ⓘTakeno mine, Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
48.2km (30.0 miles) ⓘKaneuchi mine, Kyotamba, Funai District, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
51.9km (32.2 miles) ⓘNakase mine (Nakaze mine), Sekinomiya-machi, Yabu City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
53.9km (33.5 miles) ⓘAkenobe mine, Oya-cho, Yabu City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
55.3km (34.4 miles) ⓘIkuno Mine, Ikuno-cho-ono, Asago City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
58.0km (36.1 miles) ⓘOhmidani mine (Omidani mine), Shisou City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
60.8km (37.8 miles) ⓘOchidani mine, Kanzaki District, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
67.4km (41.8 miles) ⓘFujii mine, Wakasa-cho, Mikatakaminaka District, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
71.9km (44.7 miles) ⓘHirono, Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
References
Takubo, J., Ukai, Y., Minato, T. (1950) Studies on the minerals containing rare elements (Part II) A new mineral found in Kobe-mura, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Journal of the Geological Society of Japan: 56: 509-513.
Sakurai, Kin-ichi, Nagashima, Kozo, Kato, Akira (1962) Thortveitite from Kobe, Omiya, Kyoto, Japan. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 35 (11). 1776-1779 doi:10.1246/bcsj.35.1776
Yamada, S. (2004) Nihonsan-koubutsu Gojuon-hairetsu Sanchi-ichiranhyou [List of Japanese Minerals Arranged in Japanese Syllabary Order]. 111pp.
 
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