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Vesuvianite from
Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Vesuvianite
Formula:Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Tilleyite4
Wollastonite4
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Vesuvianite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:11673
Long-form Identifier:1:3:11673:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Vesuvianite
33.9km (21.1 miles) ⓘMt Ohsa (Ohsayama; Osayama), Niimi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
78.0km (48.5 miles) ⓘMyojin Island, Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
References
Henmi, Chiyoko, Kusachi, Isao, Henmi, Kitinosuke, Sabine, Peter Aubrey, Young, Brian Raymond (1973) A new mineral bicchulite, the natural analogue of gehlenite hydrate, from Fuka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan and Carneal, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Mineralogical Journal, 7 (3) 243-251 doi:10.2465/minerj1953.7.243
Mandarino, Joseph A. (1996) Abstracts of New Mineral Descriptions. The Mineralogical Record, 27 (4) 301-306
Kusachi, I., Takechi, Y., Henmi, C., Kobayashi, S. (1998) Parasibirskite, a new mineral from Fuka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Mineralogical Magazine, 62 (4) 521-525 doi:10.1180/002646198547891
Takechi, Yasushi, Kusachi, Isao, Nakamuta, Yoshihiro, Kase, Katsuo (2003) Talnakhite associated with andradite skarn at Fuka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Resource Geology, 53 (3) 227-232 doi:10.1111/j.1751-3928.2003.tb00172.x
 
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