Geological Survey of Japan (GSJ)
Geological Survey of Japan (GSJ) — Japan. Maintains the mineral specimen database used here as the reference for Japanese mineral and treatment designations.
About this authority
- Jurisdiction
- Japan
- Role
- Maintains the mineral specimen database used here as the reference for Japanese mineral and treatment designations.
- Publisher
- Geological Survey of Japan
- Reference
- Geological Survey of Japan, AIST (Japan). Museum mineral specimens, browse by classification.
Standing and legal force
The Geological Survey of Japan is part of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). The specimen collection cited here is held by its Geological Museum.
Scope of its naming system
GSJ publishes no gem-trade naming standard. Its use on this site is narrower and should be stated plainly: the Japanese mineral names (wamei) recorded in its specimen database — for example Bara-kiseki for rhodonite and Dyumoruchi-seki for dumortierite.
How this site cites it
The entry point for this body is listed in the authority-source field of 148 entries, resolving to 6 distinct URLs — of which 143 point at the same page (Geological Survey of Japan, AIST (Japan). Museum mineral specimens, browse by classification.). This is an institution-level pointer, not a clause-level citation: none of these rows identifies a paragraph or a section.
What this project actually uses from this body
1 further record(s) from this body are catalogued only under a non-Latin title and are not listed on this English page.
Entries citing this body
- Actinolite
- Albite Jade
- Alexandrite
- Alexandrite Cat’s-eye
- Amblygonite
- Amethyst
- Ammolite
- Amphibole
- Andalusite
- Andradite
- Apophyllite
- Aquamarine
- Aragonite
- Augite
- Axinite
- Balin Stone
- Barite
- Benitoite
- Black Coral
- Black Nephrite
- Black Opal
- Blue Anhydrite
- Blue Apatite
- Boulder Opal
…and 124 more of 148 entries in total
Divergences where this body has a position on record
The divergences on this site compare four English wording columns (GIA, FTC, CIBJO and Gem-A). GSJ records Japanese mineral names (wamei), which is not one of those columns, so none of the 30 rows on the divergence index is filed under GSJ — its own recorded names appear on the entry pages instead.