Magnesioriebeckite shrine
Bizan, Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
This schist outcrop is supposedly the precise "type locality" for Magnesioriebeckite, although none is visible in the outcrop now. The little concrete receptacle in front of the outcrop shows that at some time there was a tiny shrine dedicated to the outcrop. As this hill is now a city park, dotted with temples and shrines, hammering on the ...
© Noriko Kimura