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Akadani Mine, Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture, Japani
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Akadani Mine | Mine |
| Fukui City | City |
| Fukui Prefecture | Prefecture |
| Japan | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
35° 57' 28'' North , 136° 21' 4'' East
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Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Akatani Mine
Name(s) in local language(s):
赤谷鉱山, 福井県 福井市
Originally an antimony mine, but much more famous to collectors for its classic balls of rhombohedral arsenic crystals (perhaps the world's best crystallized native arsenic). Host rock is strongly argillized rhyolite.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Arsenolite Formula: As2O3 Description: A common post-exposure alteration product. References: |
| ⓘ Metastibnite Formula: Sb2S3 |
| ✪ Native Arsenic Formula: As |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 References: |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 References: |
| ⓘ Realgar Formula: As4S4 References: |
| ⓘ Stibnite Formula: Sb2S3 References: |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Arsenic | 1.CA.05 | As |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Metastibnite | 2.DB.05 | Sb2S3 |
| ⓘ | Stibnite | 2.DB.05 | Sb2S3 |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Realgar | 2.FA.15a | As4S4 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Arsenolite | 4.CB.50 | As2O3 |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Arsenolite | As2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Metastibnite | Sb2S3 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Realgar | As4S4 |
| S | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| As | Arsenic | |
| As | ⓘ Arsenolite | As2O3 |
| As | ⓘ Native Arsenic | As |
| As | ⓘ Realgar | As4S4 |
| Sb | Antimony | |
| Sb | ⓘ Metastibnite | Sb2S3 |
| Sb | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Amur PlateTectonic Plate
AsiaContinent
Eurasian Plate
- South Japan ArcVolcanic Arc
Japan
- Honshu IslandIsland
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Akadani Mine, Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan