Japanese Minerals

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KM087 Anatase

Okute-cho, Mizunami-shi, Gifu pref.

Small Cabinet: 5.8 x 4.8 x 3 cm

3,000Yen/US$26/€19

Sharp bipyramidal anatase crystal up to 1 mm long.

KM088 Anatase

Nariai Mine, Izuhara-machi, Shimoagata-gun, Nagasaki pref.

Miniature: 4 x 3.6 x 3.2 cm

3,500Yen/US$30/€23

Very rare tabular red anatase crystals (size: 0.1-0.2 mm) on matrix.

KM089 Anatase

Otome Mine, Makioka-cho, Higashiyamanashi-shi, Yamanashi pref.

Toenail: 3.3 x 1.3 x 1 cm

2,500Yen/US$22/€16

Tabular blue anatase crystals up to 0.3 mm on quartz.

KM090 Anatase

Takemori, Enzan-shi, Yamanashi pref.

Thumbnail: 2.3 x 2.3 x 1.4 cm

1,500Yen/US$13/€10

1 mm anatase crystal with acicular dravite crystals in quartz.

KM092 Sphalerite

Kamioka Mine, Kamioka-cho, Hida-shi, Gifu pref.

Cabinet: 11 x 7.2 x 2.3 cm

45,000Yen/US$390/€290

Lustrous black tetrahedral crystals up to 8 mm on matrix. There is 8 mm translucent hexagonal tabular calcite perched on the specimen.

KM094 Axinite

Toroku Mine, Takachiho-cho, Nishiusuki-gun, Miyazaki pref.

Miniature: 4.6 x 2.9 x 1.7 cm

30,000Yen/US$260/€190

Lustrous brown axinite crystal.

KM096 Quartz var. Japanese Law Twin on Bournonite

Chichibu Mine, Otaki, Chichibu-shi, Saitama pref.

Miniature: 4.4 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm

87,000Yen/US$750/€550

1.5 cm wide Japanese law twin quartz perched on lustrous bournonite on a matrix of pyrite crystals associated with spherical rhodocrosite crystals.

KM098 Quartz with Cookeite

Kohmori adit, Obira Mine, Ogata-machi, Ono-gun, Oita pref.

Cabinet: 7.3 x 10.3 x 7.2 cm

45,000Yen/US$390/€290

This is an attractive cluster of quartz including numerous spherical cookeite.Some quartz crystals show interrupted growth.The largest crystal is 7.3 cm long.

KM099 Apophyllite

Kamioka Mine, Kamioka-cho, Yoshiki-gun, Gifu pref.

Miniature: 3.5 x 3.5 x 2.4 cm

35,000Yen/US$300/€220

Well-terminated colorless apophyllite up to 3 cm long.

KM102 Fluorite

Kurauchi-Obira Mine, Ogata-machi, Ono-gun, Oita pref.

Small cabinet: 7.2 x 4.8 x 4 cm

140,000Yen/US$1,200/€890

This is an extremely rare bi-colored fluorite from the mine! The crystal is pink and has green core.

KM093 Topaz & Smoky Quartz (repaired)

Tawara, Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa-shi, Gifu Pref.

cabinet: 6 x 10.3 x 3.5 cm

40,000Yen/US$345/€255

2.5 cm doubly terminated colorless topaz and sharp smoky quartz on albite and feldspar. The topaz is repaired.