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Muscovite from
Shiraishi-yama (Shiroishi), Kobe, Kyōtango City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan


Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Shiraishi-yama (Shiroishi), Kobe, Kyōtango City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:647488
Long-form Identifier:1:3:647488:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
33.9km (21.0 miles) ⓘTakeno mine, Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
48.2km (30.0 miles) ⓘKaneuchi mine, Kyotamba, Funai District, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
53.9km (33.5 miles) ⓘAkenobe mine, Oya-cho, Yabu City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
55.3km (34.4 miles) ⓘIkuno Mine, Ikuno-cho-ono, Asago City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
72.0km (44.7 miles) ⓘHiraki mine, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
73.6km (45.7 miles) ⓘOtani mine, Gyojayama, Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
74.3km (46.1 miles) ⓘYunohana, Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
82.4km (51.2 miles) ⓘTada mine (Tada-gin-douzan; Tada-ginzan; Tada silver-copper mine), Inagawa-cho, Kawabe District, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
91.8km (57.0 miles) ⓘHirao mine, Onsen-cho, Minoh City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
References
Sakurai, Kin-ichi, Nagashima, Kozo, Kato, Akira (1962) Thortveitite from Kobe, Omiya, Kyoto, Japan. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 35 (11). 1776-1779 doi:10.1246/bcsj.35.1776
Yamada, S. (2004) Nihonsan-koubutsu Gojuon-hairetsu Sanchi-ichiranhyou [List of Japanese Minerals Arranged in Japanese Syllabary Order]. 111pp.
 
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