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Magnetite from
Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:898084
Long-form Identifier:1:3:898084:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
7.2km (4.5 miles) ⓘFukuoka, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
19.3km (12.0 miles) ⓘTono mine (Tohno mine), Tsukiyoshi uranium ore deposits, Mizunami City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
61.4km (38.1 miles) ⓘShidara Volcanic field, Shinshiro city, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
64.7km (40.2 miles) ⓘKune mine, Sakuma-cho, Tenryuu-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
67.7km (42.1 miles) ⓘHamayokokawa mine (Hamayokogawa mine), Kamiina District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
71.3km (44.3 miles) ⓘShibukawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
73.0km (45.4 miles) ⓘMinenosawa adit, Kune mine, Sakuma-cho, Tenryuu-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
77.7km (48.3 miles) ⓘNakauri mine, Shinshiro city, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
81.7km (50.8 miles) ⓘNakatatsu mine, Ono City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
84.0km (52.2 miles) ⓘMinami-Senno deposit (Senno mine), Nakatatsu mine, Ono City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
References
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
 
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