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Kabutoyama-shinrinkoen, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japani
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Kabutoyama-shinrinkoen | - not defined - |
| Nishinomiya City | City |
| Hyogo Prefecture | Prefecture |
| Japan | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 46' 31'' North , 135° 20' 10'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Takarazuka | 219,789 (2017) | 3.3km |
| Itami | 193,524 (2017) | 6.0km |
| Ashiya | 88,573 (2017) | 6.1km |
| Nishinomiya-hama | 468,925 (2017) | 6.7km |
| Kawanishi | 160,520 (2017) | 8.6km |
The 309 meter elevation Kabutoyama ("Helmet Mountain"), perhaps named for its domed shape, although Japanese legend claims the name derives from the Empress Jingu (3rd century C.E.) having buried her helmet there after fighting the Silla kingdom in Korea. Granitic boulders on its southern foothills were quarried in the years around 1585 for granite blocks used in building Osaka Castle for the Shogun. "Quarried" may be the wrong term, because the evidence still visible in the forest nowadays is dozens of partially worked but abandoned boulders that represent the "corestones" of spheroidal weathering. Miarolytic cavities exist, but are sparse.
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Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ 'K Feldspar' Description: Crystals visible in exposed weathered miarolytic cavities. References: |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Unclassified | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | 'K Feldspar' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
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Kabutoyama-shinrinkoen, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan