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Hokutolite

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Locality: 
Tamagawa Onsen, Shibukuro River, Tazawako, Akita Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 1.7 × 1.4 cm
Description

Hokutolite is a rare Plumboan variety of Baryte, deposited by very acidic hot springs water. the Lead/Barium contains range from 1:4 to 1:2, it contains also a very small amount of Radium minerals and is therefor radioaktive, although in old samples the radioaktivity has almost disappeared. The white layer's are a result of the temperature change during the cold winters of the Tohoku region in Japan, while in the suptropical Taiwan (Type locality) such white layers are not observed. In Japan Hokutolite is highly valued, these days it's a designated Special Natural Monument and therefore illegal to collect or remove. This specimen comes from an quite old collection.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hokutolite

Variety Of: 

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Formula: 
(Ba,Pb)SO4
Hardness: 
0.0

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Australia, 13 Euro registered
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01.10.2023 the Japan post increased the shipping cost to most countries, unexpectedly  at the same time it became again possible to ship parcels by normal postal service to the USA, GB, FR, DE. (for quite a long time it was only possible by EMS)

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