Identification of so-called “Pink Jade” from Itoigawa, Niigata prefecture, Japan

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  • 糸魚川産のピンクひすいと呼ばれる鉱物

Abstract

<p>Itoigawa city in Niigata prefecture is a main locality of jadeite in Japan. However, unlike Myanmar, pink jadeite is not seen. Actually, there comes so-called “pink jade”. In this research we tested them and found they are zoisite and clinozoisite coloured by manganese.</p>

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  • CRID
    1390855656035111168
  • DOI
    10.14915/gsj.44.0_13
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
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