Fukaura
Fukaura city, Nishi-Tsugaru county, Aomori pref., Japan
Occurrence
Neutral metasomatic rocks of Smectite zone
Andesite of Kohamadatezawa Andesite Member, middle Miocene (20 - 18 Ma) Otose Formation.
Outcrop of andesite of Kohamadatezawa Andesite Member, Otose Formation. The green crusts on joint surfaces of andesite is ceradonite. The grayish white host is andesite.
Reported Minerals
- Ceradonite
Mineral Assemblages
- Andesite(Host) - Ceradonite
Localities
- Bentenzaki (Montmorillonite deposit)
- Fukaura (Lava, Celadonite)
Related Occurrences
- Halloysite zone (Alunite zone, Argillized zone)
- Kaolinite zone (Alunite zone, Argillized zone)
- Minamiite-Alunite zone (Alunite zone)
- Pyrophyllite zone
- Smectite zone (Argillized zone)
- Interstratified mineral zone (Argillized zone)
- Illite-Chlorite zone (Propylite zone)
- Epidote-Actinolite zone
- Stilbite-Mordenite zone (Zeolite zone)
- Heulandite-Analcime zone (Zeolite zone)
- Laumontite-Albite zone (Zeolite z., Propylite z.)
- Wairakite-Albite zone (Zeolite zone)