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Kushikino mine, Ichikikushikino City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

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Kushikino mine, Ichikikushikino City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

Calcite

Kushikino mine, Ichikikushikino City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

Calcite

Kushikino mine, Ichikikushikino City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

Calcite

Kushikino mine, Ichikikushikino City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

Calcite

Kushikino mine, Ichikikushikino City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

Calcite

Kushikino mine, Ichikikushikino City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

Calcite

Kushikino mine, Ichikikushikino City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

Classification
Locality type:	Mine
Species:	Calcite
Formula:	CaCO₃
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Kushikino mine (Mitsui-Kushikino mine), Ichikikushikino City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Photo Gallery	View Gallery (11 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	251981
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:251981:4
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Localities for Calcite in this Region
Arakawa No. 4 Vein, Kushikino mine (Mitsui-Kushikino mine), Ichikikushikino City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite

0.5km (0.3 miles)	ⓘ Arakawa No. 4 Vein, Kushikino mine (Mitsui-Kushikino mine), Ichikikushikino City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
32.6km (20.3 miles)	ⓘ Suzuyama Mine, Suzuyama mining district, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
35.1km (21.8 miles)	ⓘ Yamagano mine, Yokogawa-cho, Kirishima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
47.2km (29.3 miles)	ⓘ Okuchi mine (Oguchi mine), Isa City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
References
Masutomi Museum specimens, Kyoto Galena, Clausthalite, and Altaite from the Kushikino Gold-Silver Ore Deposit, Japan-Possible Substitutional Limits. Mining Geology, 39(216), 253-260. Mineralogical Journal Vol. 12 (1985) , No. 6 pp 269-274 Matsuhisa, Y., Morishita, Y., Sato, T. (1985) Oxygen and carbon isotope variations in gold-bearing hydrothermal veins in the Kushikino mining area, southern Kyushu, Japan. Economic Geology, 80 (2) 283-293 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.80.2.283 Shiga, Y., & Urashima, Y. (1989). Isomorphous Compounds Morishita, Yuichi; Nakano, Takanori (2008) Role of basement in epithermal deposits: The Kushikino and Hishikari gold deposits, southwestern Japan. Ore Geology Reviews, 34 (4). 597-609 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2008.09.009 Nokleberg, W.J., ed., (2010) Metallogenesis and tectonics of northeast Asia: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1765, 624 p.

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Calcite from Kushikino mine (Mitsui-Kushikino mine), Ichikikushikino City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

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Kushikino mine (Mitsui-Kushikino mine), Ichikikushikino City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan