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Native Sulphur from
Akeshi mine, Chiran-cho, Minamikyushu City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Native Sulphur
Formula:S8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Native Sulphur data
Locality Data:Click here to view Akeshi mine, Chiran-cho, Minamikyushu City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:455148
Long-form Identifier:1:3:455148:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Sulphur
11.0km (6.8 miles) ⓘKasuga mine, Makurazaki City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
57.2km (35.6 miles) ⓘNorth-western fumarole field, Iodake (Iwodake; Ioudake), Satsuma-Ioujima (Satsuma-Iwojima; Iou island), Mishima village, Kagoshima District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
57.7km (35.8 miles) ⓘEastern alluvial fan, Iodake (Iwodake; Ioudake), Satsuma-Ioujima (Satsuma-Iwojima; Iou island), Mishima village, Kagoshima District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
58.0km (36.1 miles) ⓘMain Crater, Iodake (Iwodake; Ioudake), Satsuma-Ioujima (Satsuma-Iwojima; Iou island), Mishima village, Kagoshima District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
58.1km (36.1 miles) ⓘOtanibira quarry, Iodake (Iwodake; Ioudake), Satsuma-Ioujima (Satsuma-Iwojima; Iou island), Mishima village, Kagoshima District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
58.1km (36.1 miles) ⓘKotake quarry, Iodake (Iwodake; Ioudake), Satsuma-Ioujima (Satsuma-Iwojima; Iou island), Mishima village, Kagoshima District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
58.2km (36.1 miles) ⓘMonogusa, Iodake (Iwodake; Ioudake), Satsuma-Ioujima (Satsuma-Iwojima; Iou island), Mishima village, Kagoshima District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
97.3km (60.5 miles) ⓘShintake, Kuchierabu Island (Kuchinoerabu Island), Yakushima, Kumage District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
References
wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-220/DATABASE/lode_deposits.txt
Yamada, S. (2004) Nihonsan-koubutsu Gojuon-hairetsu Sanchi-ichiranhyou [List of Japanese Minerals Arranged in Japanese Syllabary Order]. 111pp.
Uehara, S., et al. (2014) Minerals from Kyushu and Yamaguchi. (Fukuoka Mineral Club, 355 pages)
Morishita, Yuichi, Hammond, Napoleon Q., Momii, Kazunori, Konagaya, Rimi, Sano, Yuji, Takahata, Naoto, Ueno, Hirotomo (2019) Invisible Gold in Pyrite from Epithermal, Banded-Iron-Formation-Hosted, and Sedimentary Gold Deposits: Evidence of Hydrothermal Influence. Minerals, 9 (7) 447 doi:10.3390/min9070447
 
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