Kotoite (English spelling)

Japanese: 小藤石 - ことうせき(英語表記)kotoite
Kotoite (English spelling)

A borate mineral. It occurs in the contact zone of dolomite and is formed by the supply of boron (B) from granite. It was discovered in 1939 (Showa 14) by Takeo Watanabe (1907-1986) in the Horkhor Mine in North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) and Rézbánya in Romania. Watanabe also discovered it in Japan at the Neichi Mine (closed) in Miyako City, Iwate Prefecture. It occurs together with calcite and other borate minerals. It does not form euhedral crystals, but instead occurs as granular crystals buried in calcite. It dissolves in nitric acid. It was named after the geologist Bunjiro Kodo, who first investigated the Horkhor Mine.

[Akira Kato, August 19, 2016]

[References] | Granite | Dolotite | Koto Bunjiro | Euhedral | Boron [Supplementary information] | Koto stone (data notes)
Kotoishi
The dense grey part in the lower half is Kotoite. It is from the Neichi Mine in Miyako City, Iwate Prefecture. ©Masutomi Geological Society Museum, Public Interest Incorporated Foundation ">

Kotoishi


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Japanese:

ホウ酸塩鉱物の一つ。苦灰岩の接触帯中に産し、花崗(かこう)岩からのホウ素(B)の供給によって生成された鉱物。1939年(昭和14)渡邊武男(1907―1986)により、北朝鮮(朝鮮民主主義人民共和国)の笏洞(ホルコル)鉱山およびルーマニアのレズバニヤRézbányaから発見された。渡邊武男は日本でも岩手県宮古市根市(ねいち)鉱山(閉山)から発見した。方解石やその他のホウ酸塩鉱物などとともに産する。自形結晶はなく、粒状結晶が方解石中に埋没して産出する。硝酸に溶ける。笏洞鉱山を最初に調査した地質学者小藤文次郎(ぶんじろう)にちなんで命名された。

[加藤 昭 2016年8月19日]

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小藤石
下半分の灰色緻密部分が小藤石。岩手県宮古市 根市鉱山産©公益財団法人益富地学会館">

小藤石


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