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


Locality type:Pegmatite
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite 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:898090
Long-form Identifier:1:3:898090:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
19.3km (12.0 miles) ⓘTakanokura mine, Soma District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
23.0km (14.3 miles) ⓘHanda mine, Koori, Date City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
34.2km (21.3 miles) ⓘTakatama mine, Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
50.8km (31.6 miles) ⓘTakahata Mine, Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
51.3km (31.9 miles) ⓘAkayama mine, Kaminoyama City, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
53.6km (33.3 miles) ⓘYatani mine, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
62.9km (39.1 miles) ⓘYaguki mine (Yakuki mine), Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
63.7km (39.6 miles) ⓘYoshino mine, Nanyō City, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
76.9km (47.8 miles) ⓘGozaisho Mine, Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
80.4km (50.0 miles) ⓘKaruizawa mine, Yanaizu Town, Kawanuma District, Fukushima 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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