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Kagoshima District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japani
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Mindat Locality ID:
338381
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:338381:3
GUID (UUID V4):
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Other Languages:
French:
district de Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japon
German:
Kagoshima Bezirk, Präfektur Kagoshima, Japan
Italian:
Distretto di Kagoshima, prefettura di Kagoshima, Giappone
Russian:
Округ Кагошима, Кагосима, Япония
Simplified Chinese:
鹿兒島郡, 鹿儿岛县, 日本
Spanish:
Distrito de Kagoshima, prefectura de Kagoshima, Japón
Arabic:
مقاطعة كاغوشيما, كاغوشيما, اليابان
Cebuano:
Kagoshima-gun, Kagoshima-ken, Hapon
Dutch:
Kagoshima District, Kagoshima, Japan
Japanese:
鹿児島郡, 鹿児島県, 日本
Korean:
가고시마군, 가고시마현, 일본
Portuguese:
Distrito de Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japão
Traditional Chinese:
鹿兒島郡, 鹿兒島縣, 日本


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53 valid minerals.

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ⓘ Aegirine
Formula: NaFe3+Si2O6
Description: Green to dark-green elongated, sometimes acicular crystals of good luster and well-developed crystal tips. Common in high-temperature fumaroles in the vicinity of halite crystals, in the hotter, central parts of the fumaroles.
ⓘ Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
ⓘ Albite var. Andesine
Formula: (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
ⓘ Albite var. Anorthoclase
Formula: (Na,K)AlSi3O8
ⓘ Alunite
Formula: KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
ⓘ Anatase
Formula: TiO2
Description: Occurs in white clays around low-temperature fumaroles. The presence of this mineral is only known from its rather strong signal in Raman spectroscopy. Associated with cristobalite and opal.
ⓘ Anglesite
Formula: PbSO4
ⓘ Anhydrite
Formula: CaSO4
Description: Furs of millimeter-sized white elongated crystals in crevices of a altered tephra. Associated with opal.
ⓘ Anorthite
Formula: Ca(Al2Si2O8)
ⓘ Aphthitalite
Formula: K3Na(SO4)2
Habit: Massive crusts.
Colour: Gray to black.
Description: Solid gray to black crusts, water soluble. The dark color may be caused by finely dispersed molybdenite. Occurs in a zone where the bulk of the metal oxide and sulfide sublimates get deposited. Raman analysis of a black matrix with embedded tugarinovite crystals shows a curve that is a superposition of a molybdenite and aphthitalite patterns. Raman analysis done by Günter Frenz.
ⓘ Augite
Formula: (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
ⓘ Augite var. Titanium-bearing Augite
Formula: (Ca,Na)(Mg,Ti, Fe,Al,)(Si,Al)2O6
ⓘ 'Biotite'
Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
ⓘ 'Buserite'
Formula: Na4Mn14O27 · 21H2O
ⓘ Cassiterite
Formula: SnO2
ⓘ Challacolloite
Formula: KPb2Cl5
ⓘ 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
ⓘ Clinosulphur
Formula: S8
ⓘ 'Copiapite Group'
Colour: olive-green
Description: Olive-green pustules on reddish, crumbly rocks at the surface of high-temperature fumaroles. Raman analysis by Günter Frenz.
ⓘ 'Coquimbite Group'
Description: Sub-millimeter sized, yellow-white to white pustules, associated with copiapite at high-temperature fumaroles. Perhaps not formed as a sublimate but recrystallized from watery solutions of dissolved sublimates.
ⓘ Cotunnite
Formula: PbCl2
ⓘ Cristobalite
Formula: SiO2
Description: As component of opaline crusts, as major component in "clays" at fumarole fields, as rock-forming mineral in leached rocks composed of cristobalite and tridymite ("keiseki"). Minor component in silicified rocks at high-temperature fumaroles.
ⓘ Enstatite
Formula: Mg2Si2O6
ⓘ Fayalite
Formula: Fe2+2(SiO4)
ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'
ⓘ Ferberite
Formula: FeWO4
ⓘ Ferrihydrite
Formula: Fe3+10O14(OH)2
ⓘ Ferrosilite
Formula: Fe2+2Si2O6
ⓘ Forsterite
Formula: Mg2(SiO4)
ⓘ 'Garnet Group'
Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3
Habit: Equant habit, typical, well-developed garnet crystals. Rhombic dodecahedra {110}, sometimes modified by {211}.
Colour: Orange, orange-yellow, green-brown.
Description: Small orange, yellow-orange and green-brown clear crystals with good vitreous luster. Well-developed and typical garnet-like crystal-shape with rhombic dodecahedra {110}, sometimes modified by {211}. Identified by Raman spectroscopy. Crystals occur in small groups inside high-temperature fumaroles associated with green pyroxenes. They can be seen in light-colored zones without sulfide and metal oxide sublimates. Raman analysis by Günter Frenz.
ⓘ Goethite
Formula: Fe3+O(OH)
ⓘ Gypsum
Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O
Colour: Colorless or white, but also intensely colored yellow, green or blue by impurities like molybdenum blue.
Description: Fibrous crusts in the vicinity of high temperature fumaroles. Colorless, white, but also colored yellow, green or blue (by molybdenum blue).
ⓘ Halite
Formula: NaCl
ⓘ Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
ⓘ Hercynite
Formula: Fe2+Al2O4
ⓘ Hercynite var. Picotite
Formula: (Fe,Mg)(Al,Cr)2O4
ⓘ 'Hornblende Root Name Group'
Formula: ◻Ca2(C2+4C3+)(AlSi7O22)W2
ⓘ Hydroniumjarosite
Formula: (H3O)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6
ⓘ 'Hypersthene'
Formula: (Mg,Fe)SiO3
ⓘ Ilmenite
Formula: Fe2+TiO3
Description: Present in small amounts in Iodake rhyolite.
ⓘ Ilsemannite
Formula: Mo3O8 · nH2O
Colour: Blue
Description: Blue sublimates on rocks around high-temperature fumaroles at the summit crater, although never close to the vent of very high temperature fumaroles. More rarely embedded in thin opal crusts. Many specimens pale within a few days or weeks.
ⓘ Jarosite
Formula: KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6
ⓘ Kaolinite
Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
ⓘ 'Limonite'
ⓘ Magnesio-hornblende
Formula: ◻Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
ⓘ Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Description: In and on salt crusts and halite cubes in high temperature fumaroles. Tiny octahedal crystals. Also as tiny, black plates, associated with a red-brown, translucent mineral, possibly hematite. These crystals may look like iron roses, as if initially deposited hematite had been reduced to magnetite. Crystal flakes are attracted by a magnet, powder XRD confirms magnetite.
ⓘ Metavoltine
Formula: K2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12 · 18H2O
ⓘ Molybdenite
Formula: MoS2
ⓘ Molybdite
Formula: MoO3
ⓘ Native Sulphur
Formula: S8
Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.
Description: Fumarolic deposits. In and around low-temperature fumaroles, forming thick crusts of massive sulfur that may cover large areas and look unsuspicious because of their dust-covered dark-gray surface. Also large soft sponge-like aggregates of small crystals. Sulphur nuggets in ravines. Skeltal crystals [111] of α-sulfur formed at temperatures below 95°C, almost colorless needles of β-sulphur around fumarole vents of higher tempertures. Massive stalactites. In and around the crater solidified molten sulfur. (Field observations, Amir Akhavan)
ⓘ Opal
Formula: SiO2 · nH2O
Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.
Description: Crusts on altered rocks around fumaroles, often covering hundreds of square meters. Crusts can be several centimeters thick and are usually white or gray, sometimes reddish. They are mostly dull and only occasionally show vitreous luster and botryoidal habit typical for hyalite.
ⓘ Opal var. Hyalite
Formula: SiO2 · nH2O
Description: Hyalite crusts, mostly white, sometimes shiny and clear, typical botryoidal hyalite. In Inamuradake scoria.
ⓘ Opal var. Opal-AG
Formula: SiO2 · nH2O
Description: colorless crust
ⓘ Orpiment
Formula: As2S3
ⓘ 'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
ⓘ Palmierite
Formula: K2Pb(SO4)2
ⓘ 'Plagioclase'
Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
ⓘ Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
ⓘ Pyrrhotite
Formula: Fe1-xS
Description: Present in small amounts as tiny phenocrysts and globules in Iodake dacites and rhyolites.
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Description: Rock-forming mineral found in altered rocks close to high temperature fumaroles, where it partially replaces tridymite and cristobalite that are typically found at lower temperature fumaroles. Also as tiny (sub-millimeter) crystals outlining cracks in partially altered volcanic rocks (rare).
ⓘ Realgar
Formula: As4S4
ⓘ Roedderite
Formula: K(◻Na)Mg2Mg3[Si12O30]
Habit: complex crystals in parallel growth
Colour: light blue to dark bluish green
ⓘ Sassolite
Formula: H3BO3
Habit: Very thin and soft flakes.
Description: Can be found close to the vents of small low temperature fumaroles in the vicinity of high-temperature fumaroles as a white sublimate. Water-soluble, hence can only be found after several days with dry weather.
ⓘ 'Siderogel'
Formula: ~FeO(OH) · nH2O
ⓘ Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
ⓘ Spinel
Formula: MgAl2O4
ⓘ 'Sulfurite'
Formula: S
Description: Small solidified sulfur flows (a few centimeters in length) of yellow, yellow-brown to orange color, close to fumaroles.
ⓘ Sylvite
Formula: KCl
ⓘ Thénardite
Formula: Na2SO4
ⓘ Tridymite
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ Tugarinovite
Formula: MoO2
ⓘ 'Unnamed (Tl-Bi Sulphide)'
Formula: Tl-Bi-S
ⓘ Voltaite
Formula: K2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12 · 18H2O
ⓘ 'Wollastonite Group'
Habit: Acicular, in small radially grown tufts or randomly intergrown.
Colour: Colorless
Description: Colorless needles, in small tufts and randomly intergrown. Associated with garnet and green pyroxenes in high temperature fumaroles in zones with little or no metal sulfide sublimate deposition. Possibly (but not yet confirmed analytically) also on crumbly red rocks from high-temperature fumaroles associated with sulfates (copiapite group). Raman analysis by Günter Frenz.
ⓘ Wulfenite
Formula: Pb(MoO4)

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘClinosulphur1.CC.S8
ⓘNative Sulphur1.CC.05S8
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘSphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
ⓘPyrrhotite2.CC.10Fe1-xS
ⓘMolybdenite2.EA.30MoS2
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
ⓘRealgar2.FA.15aAs4S4
ⓘOrpiment2.FA.30As2S3
Group 3 - Halides
ⓘHalite3.AA.20NaCl
ⓘSylvite3.AA.20KCl
ⓘChallacolloite3.AA.55KPb2Cl5
ⓘCotunnite3.AB.85PbCl2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘGoethite4.00.Fe3+O(OH)
ⓘHercynite4.BB.05Fe2+Al2O4
ⓘMagnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
ⓘSpinel4.BB.05MgAl2O4
ⓘHercynite
var. Picotite
4.BB.05(Fe,Mg)(Al,Cr)2O4
ⓘHematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
ⓘIlmenite4.CB.05Fe2+TiO3
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘOpal4.DA.10SiO2 · nH2O
ⓘTridymite4.DA.10SiO2
ⓘOpal
var. Opal-AG
4.DA.10SiO2 · nH2O
ⓘvar. Hyalite4.DA.10SiO2 · nH2O
ⓘCristobalite4.DA.15SiO2
ⓘCassiterite4.DB.05SnO2
ⓘTugarinovite4.DB.05MoO2
ⓘFerberite4.DB.30FeWO4
ⓘAnatase4.DD.05TiO2
ⓘMolybdite4.E0.10MoO3
ⓘFerrihydrite4.FE.35Fe3+10O14(OH)2
ⓘIlsemannite4.FJ.15Mo3O8 · nH2O
ⓘ'Buserite'4.FL.35Na4Mn14O27 · 21H2O
Group 6 - Borates
ⓘSassolite6.AA.05H3BO3
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘAphthitalite7.AC.35K3Na(SO4)2
ⓘThénardite7.AD.25Na2SO4
ⓘAnhydrite7.AD.30CaSO4
ⓘAnglesite7.AD.35PbSO4
ⓘPalmierite7.AD.40K2Pb(SO4)2
ⓘAlunite7.BC.10KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
ⓘHydroniumjarosite7.BC.10(H3O)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6
ⓘJarosite7.BC.10KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6
ⓘVoltaite7.CC.25K2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12 · 18H2O
ⓘGypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O
ⓘMetavoltine7.DF.35K2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12 · 18H2O
ⓘWulfenite7.GA.05Pb(MoO4)
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘFayalite9.AC.05Fe2+2(SiO4)
ⓘForsterite9.AC.05Mg2(SiO4)
ⓘRoedderite9.CM.05K(◻Na)Mg2Mg3[Si12O30]
ⓘEnstatite9.DA.05Mg2Si2O6
ⓘFerrosilite9.DA.05Fe2+2Si2O6
ⓘAugite9.DA.15(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
ⓘvar. Titanium-bearing Augite9.DA.15(Ca,Na)(Mg,Ti, Fe,Al,)(Si,Al)2O6
ⓘAegirine9.DA.25NaFe3+Si2O6
ⓘMagnesio-hornblende9.DE.10◻Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
ⓘKaolinite9.ED.05Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
ⓘAlbite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
ⓘvar. Andesine9.FA.35(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
ⓘAnorthite9.FA.35Ca(Al2Si2O8)
ⓘAlbite
var. Anorthoclase
9.FA.35(Na,K)AlSi3O8
Unclassified
ⓘ'Biotite'-K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
ⓘ'Hypersthene'-(Mg,Fe)SiO3
ⓘ'Limonite'-
ⓘ'Siderogel'-~FeO(OH) · nH2O
ⓘ'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'-
ⓘ'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'-
ⓘ'Hornblende Root Name Group'-◻Ca2(C2+4C3+)(AlSi7O22)W2
ⓘ'Plagioclase'-(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
ⓘ'Garnet Group'-X3Z2(SiO4)3
ⓘ'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'-
ⓘ'Copiapite Group'-
ⓘ'Sulfurite'-S
ⓘ'Wollastonite Group'-
ⓘ'Coquimbite Group'-
ⓘ'Unnamed (Tl-Bi Sulphide)'-Tl-Bi-S

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ AluniteKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
Hⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Hⓘ FerrihydriteFe103+O14(OH)2
Hⓘ GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Hⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Hⓘ Hydroniumjarosite(H3O)Fe33+(SO4)2(OH)6
Hⓘ IlsemanniteMo3O8 · nH2O
Hⓘ JarositeKFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6
Hⓘ KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Hⓘ Magnesio-hornblende◻Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Hⓘ MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe63+O2(SO4)12 · 18H2O
Hⓘ OpalSiO2 · nH2O
Hⓘ SassoliteH3BO3
Hⓘ Siderogel~FeO(OH) · nH2O
Hⓘ VoltaiteK2Fe52+Fe33+Al(SO4)12 · 18H2O
Hⓘ BuseriteNa4Mn14O27 · 21H2O
Hⓘ Opal var. Opal-AGSiO2 · nH2O
Hⓘ Opal var. HyaliteSiO2 · nH2O
BBoron
Bⓘ SassoliteH3BO3
OOxygen
Oⓘ AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
Oⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Oⓘ AluniteKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
Oⓘ AnataseTiO2
Oⓘ Albite var. Andesine(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Oⓘ AnglesitePbSO4
Oⓘ AnhydriteCaSO4
Oⓘ AnorthiteCa(Al2Si2O8)
Oⓘ Albite var. Anorthoclase(Na,K)AlSi3O8
Oⓘ AphthitaliteK3Na(SO4)2
Oⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Oⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Oⓘ CassiteriteSnO2
Oⓘ CristobaliteSiO2
Oⓘ EnstatiteMg2Si2O6
Oⓘ FayaliteFe22+(SiO4)
Oⓘ FerberiteFeWO4
Oⓘ FerrihydriteFe103+O14(OH)2
Oⓘ FerrosiliteFe22+Si2O6
Oⓘ ForsteriteMg2(SiO4)
Oⓘ GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Oⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Oⓘ HematiteFe2O3
Oⓘ HercyniteFe2+Al2O4
Oⓘ Hydroniumjarosite(H3O)Fe33+(SO4)2(OH)6
Oⓘ Hypersthene(Mg,Fe)SiO3
Oⓘ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Oⓘ IlsemanniteMo3O8 · nH2O
Oⓘ JarositeKFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6
Oⓘ KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Oⓘ Magnesio-hornblende◻Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Oⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Oⓘ MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe63+O2(SO4)12 · 18H2O
Oⓘ MolybditeMoO3
Oⓘ OpalSiO2 · nH2O
Oⓘ PalmieriteK2Pb(SO4)2
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ RoedderiteK(◻Na)Mg2Mg3[Si12O30]
Oⓘ SassoliteH3BO3
Oⓘ Siderogel~FeO(OH) · nH2O
Oⓘ SpinelMgAl2O4
Oⓘ ThénarditeNa2SO4
Oⓘ TridymiteSiO2
Oⓘ TugarinoviteMoO2
Oⓘ VoltaiteK2Fe52+Fe33+Al(SO4)12 · 18H2O
Oⓘ WulfenitePb(MoO4)
Oⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
Oⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(C42+C3+)(AlSi7O22)W2
Oⓘ Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Oⓘ Hercynite var. Picotite(Fe,Mg)(Al,Cr)2O4
Oⓘ BuseriteNa4Mn14O27 · 21H2O
Oⓘ Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
Oⓘ Augite var. Titanium-bearing Augite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Ti, Fe,Al,)(Si,Al)2O6
Oⓘ Opal var. Opal-AGSiO2 · nH2O
Oⓘ Opal var. HyaliteSiO2 · nH2O
FFluorine
Fⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
NaSodium
Naⓘ AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
Naⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Naⓘ Albite var. Andesine(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Naⓘ Albite var. Anorthoclase(Na,K)AlSi3O8
Naⓘ AphthitaliteK3Na(SO4)2
Naⓘ HaliteNaCl
Naⓘ MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe63+O2(SO4)12 · 18H2O
Naⓘ RoedderiteK(◻Na)Mg2Mg3[Si12O30]
Naⓘ ThénarditeNa2SO4
Naⓘ Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Naⓘ BuseriteNa4Mn14O27 · 21H2O
Naⓘ Augite var. Titanium-bearing Augite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Ti, Fe,Al,)(Si,Al)2O6
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Mgⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Mgⓘ EnstatiteMg2Si2O6
Mgⓘ ForsteriteMg2(SiO4)
Mgⓘ Hypersthene(Mg,Fe)SiO3
Mgⓘ Magnesio-hornblende◻Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Mgⓘ RoedderiteK(◻Na)Mg2Mg3[Si12O30]
Mgⓘ SpinelMgAl2O4
Mgⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
Mgⓘ Hercynite var. Picotite(Fe,Mg)(Al,Cr)2O4
Mgⓘ Augite var. Titanium-bearing Augite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Ti, Fe,Al,)(Si,Al)2O6
AlAluminium
Alⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Alⓘ AluniteKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
Alⓘ Albite var. Andesine(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Alⓘ AnorthiteCa(Al2Si2O8)
Alⓘ Albite var. Anorthoclase(Na,K)AlSi3O8
Alⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Alⓘ HercyniteFe2+Al2O4
Alⓘ KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Alⓘ Magnesio-hornblende◻Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Alⓘ SpinelMgAl2O4
Alⓘ VoltaiteK2Fe52+Fe33+Al(SO4)12 · 18H2O
Alⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(C42+C3+)(AlSi7O22)W2
Alⓘ Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Alⓘ Hercynite var. Picotite(Fe,Mg)(Al,Cr)2O4
Alⓘ Augite var. Titanium-bearing Augite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Ti, Fe,Al,)(Si,Al)2O6
SiSilicon
Siⓘ AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
Siⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Siⓘ Albite var. Andesine(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Siⓘ AnorthiteCa(Al2Si2O8)
Siⓘ Albite var. Anorthoclase(Na,K)AlSi3O8
Siⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Siⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Siⓘ CristobaliteSiO2
Siⓘ EnstatiteMg2Si2O6
Siⓘ FayaliteFe22+(SiO4)
Siⓘ FerrosiliteFe22+Si2O6
Siⓘ ForsteriteMg2(SiO4)
Siⓘ Hypersthene(Mg,Fe)SiO3
Siⓘ KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Siⓘ Magnesio-hornblende◻Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Siⓘ OpalSiO2 · nH2O
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
Siⓘ RoedderiteK(◻Na)Mg2Mg3[Si12O30]
Siⓘ TridymiteSiO2
Siⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
Siⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(C42+C3+)(AlSi7O22)W2
Siⓘ Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Siⓘ Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
Siⓘ Augite var. Titanium-bearing Augite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Ti, Fe,Al,)(Si,Al)2O6
Siⓘ Opal var. Opal-AGSiO2 · nH2O
Siⓘ Opal var. HyaliteSiO2 · nH2O
SSulfur
Sⓘ AluniteKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
Sⓘ AnglesitePbSO4
Sⓘ AnhydriteCaSO4
Sⓘ AphthitaliteK3Na(SO4)2
Sⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Sⓘ Hydroniumjarosite(H3O)Fe33+(SO4)2(OH)6
Sⓘ JarositeKFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6
Sⓘ MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe63+O2(SO4)12 · 18H2O
Sⓘ MolybdeniteMoS2
Sⓘ OrpimentAs2S3
Sⓘ PalmieriteK2Pb(SO4)2
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
Sⓘ PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
Sⓘ RealgarAs4S4
Sⓘ SphaleriteZnS
Sⓘ Native SulphurS8
Sⓘ ThénarditeNa2SO4
Sⓘ VoltaiteK2Fe52+Fe33+Al(SO4)12 · 18H2O
Sⓘ SulfuriteS
Sⓘ ClinosulphurS8
Sⓘ Unnamed (Tl-Bi Sulphide)Tl-Bi-S
ClChlorine
Clⓘ CotunnitePbCl2
Clⓘ HaliteNaCl
Clⓘ SylviteKCl
Clⓘ ChallacolloiteKPb2Cl5
KPotassium
Kⓘ AluniteKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
Kⓘ Albite var. Anorthoclase(Na,K)AlSi3O8
Kⓘ AphthitaliteK3Na(SO4)2
Kⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Kⓘ JarositeKFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6
Kⓘ MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe63+O2(SO4)12 · 18H2O
Kⓘ PalmieriteK2Pb(SO4)2
Kⓘ RoedderiteK(◻Na)Mg2Mg3[Si12O30]
Kⓘ SylviteKCl
Kⓘ VoltaiteK2Fe52+Fe33+Al(SO4)12 · 18H2O
Kⓘ ChallacolloiteKPb2Cl5
CaCalcium
Caⓘ Albite var. Andesine(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Caⓘ AnhydriteCaSO4
Caⓘ AnorthiteCa(Al2Si2O8)
Caⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Caⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Caⓘ Magnesio-hornblende◻Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Caⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(C42+C3+)(AlSi7O22)W2
Caⓘ Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Caⓘ Augite var. Titanium-bearing Augite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Ti, Fe,Al,)(Si,Al)2O6
TiTitanium
Tiⓘ AnataseTiO2
Tiⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Tiⓘ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Tiⓘ Augite var. Titanium-bearing Augite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Ti, Fe,Al,)(Si,Al)2O6
CrChromium
Crⓘ Hercynite var. Picotite(Fe,Mg)(Al,Cr)2O4
MnManganese
Mnⓘ BuseriteNa4Mn14O27 · 21H2O
FeIron
Feⓘ AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
Feⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Feⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Feⓘ FayaliteFe22+(SiO4)
Feⓘ FerberiteFeWO4
Feⓘ FerrihydriteFe103+O14(OH)2
Feⓘ FerrosiliteFe22+Si2O6
Feⓘ GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Feⓘ HematiteFe2O3
Feⓘ HercyniteFe2+Al2O4
Feⓘ Hydroniumjarosite(H3O)Fe33+(SO4)2(OH)6
Feⓘ Hypersthene(Mg,Fe)SiO3
Feⓘ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Feⓘ JarositeKFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6
Feⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Feⓘ MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe63+O2(SO4)12 · 18H2O
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
Feⓘ PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
Feⓘ Siderogel~FeO(OH) · nH2O
Feⓘ VoltaiteK2Fe52+Fe33+Al(SO4)12 · 18H2O
Feⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
Feⓘ Hercynite var. Picotite(Fe,Mg)(Al,Cr)2O4
Feⓘ Augite var. Titanium-bearing Augite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Ti, Fe,Al,)(Si,Al)2O6
ZnZinc
Znⓘ SphaleriteZnS
AsArsenic
Asⓘ OrpimentAs2S3
Asⓘ RealgarAs4S4
MoMolybdenum
Moⓘ IlsemanniteMo3O8 · nH2O
Moⓘ MolybdeniteMoS2
Moⓘ MolybditeMoO3
Moⓘ TugarinoviteMoO2
Moⓘ WulfenitePb(MoO4)
SnTin
Snⓘ CassiteriteSnO2
WTungsten
Wⓘ FerberiteFeWO4
TlThallium
Tlⓘ Unnamed (Tl-Bi Sulphide)Tl-Bi-S
PbLead
Pbⓘ AnglesitePbSO4
Pbⓘ CotunnitePbCl2
Pbⓘ PalmieriteK2Pb(SO4)2
Pbⓘ WulfenitePb(MoO4)
Pbⓘ ChallacolloiteKPb2Cl5
BiBismuth
Biⓘ Unnamed (Tl-Bi Sulphide)Tl-Bi-S

Fossils

There are 12 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences12
Youngest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed23.0 Ma (Miocene)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Maegomori40.0117 - 0 Ma (Quaternary)
Haebaru30.0117 - 0 Ma (Quaternary)
Tsukuri-domari10.0117 - 0 Ma (Quaternary)
Fuchino-tomari10.0117 - 0 Ma (Quaternary)
Natori - Ajiri115.97 - 11.62 Ma (Miocene)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Acropora
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Acropora0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Goniastrea
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Goniastrea0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Leptoria
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Leptoria0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Montipora
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Acroporidae : Montipora0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Desmostylus hesperus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Desmostylidae : Desmostylus : Desmostylus hesperus23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Plesiastrea versipora
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Plesiastrea : Plesiastrea versipora0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Favites abdita
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Favites : Favites abdita0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Platygyra ryukyuensis
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Platygyra : Platygyra ryukyuensis0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 2 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagoshima_District,_Kagoshima
Wikidata ID:Q1043830
GeoNames ID:7383998

Localities in this Region

Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect

Eurasian Plate
Japan
Okinawa PlateTectonic Plate

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