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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司

@nishimoto.rocks
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Geologist @ Aichi Univ., Japan / former curator / building stone / granitic rock 地質系元学芸員現大学教員が地質学をエンジョイ。 著書など☞ amzn.to/3KH2Ffn ウェブサイト☞ nishimoto.biz

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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 22h
Spinel dunite from Samani, Hokkaido, Japan. FOV=ca.5 mm #thinsection #petrology #petrography #polarizingmicoscope
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 25/09/2026
An outdrop of hedenbergite skarn, Kamioka, Gifu, Japan.
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 21/09/2026
Kuroshima Fishing Port, Japan, uplifted ~4 m in the Jan. 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake. The white part marks the former intertidal/subtidal zones encrusted by calcareous algae and other marine life. Already largely buried by sand.
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 18/09/2026
Big hornblende crystals in meta-gabbro at a riverside in Kamioka, Gifu, Japan.
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 17/09/2026
Columnar joints of andesite that collapsed due to the Noto Peninsula Earthquake.
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 17/09/2026
An elevator surrounded by "Black Fossil Marble" - Moroccan limestone full of Orthoceras, in a parking lot located near the Kanazawa Station West Exit. #pavementgeology #街の中で見つかるすごい石 #街角地質学
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 17/09/2026
A beautiful green schist stone wall at a private residence in Kaga City, Ishikawa, Japan.
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 12/09/2026
A fishing port uplifted by the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake.
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 11/09/2026
Peridotite nodule (xenolith) inside a stone bollard at the plaza in front of the Kitamaebune-no-Sato Museum, Kaga City, Ishikawa, Japan. I suspect it is basalt from Liaoning Province, China.
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 01/09/2026
Took students caving at Toei-town, Aichi, Japan. Observed stalactites, stalagmites, and flowstones.
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 30/08/2026
Big crystals of Cpx and Opx in peridotite, Hokkaido, Japan. #様似町 #peridotite
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 29/08/2026
確認してきました(^-^)/
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 29/08/2026
Single crystal of olivine! #様似町 #アポイ岳ジオパークビジターセンター.#olivine #peridotite
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 25/08/2026
Ruby found in mafic rock within the peridotite of Mount Apoi, Hokkaido, Japan - A specimen at the the Apoi Geopark Visitor Center.
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 25/08/2026
The view from Mt Apoi, a mountain of peridotite, Hokkaido, Japan.
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 25/08/2026
😢
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 20/08/2026
A big hexagonal cross-section of quartz observed at a pegmatite outcrop in Hamada, Shimane, Japan.
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 09/08/2026
A typical euhedral crystal of hornblende in the wall cladding of the Daisen Museum of Nature and History.
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 03/08/2026
"Verde Lapponia", fuchsite-bearing quartzite from northern Norway. FOV=ca.5 mm #thinsection #petrology #petrography #polarizingmicoscope
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 22/07/2026
Thanks!
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 20/07/2026
Hi, could you add me to the Science feed? scholar.google.com/citations?us... nishimoto.rocks
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 20/07/2026
Hornblende in “Kannabe Ao-Mikage”, andesite from Toyooka, Hyogo, Japan
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 26/06/2026
Irregular shape of tourmaline in quartz from Hazu, Nishio, Aichi, Japan. FOV=ca.5 mm #thinsection #petrology #petrography #polarizingmicoscope #岩石 #偏光顕微鏡写真
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 20/06/2026
Metamorphic peridotite from Ibaraki, Japan 蛇紋岩が熱変成してできたカンラン岩 #茨城県自然博物館
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 20/06/2026
Zoning of elbaite from Madagascar - Collection of the Ibaraki Nature Museum.
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 20/06/2026
Zoning of fluorite from UK - Collection of the Ibaraki Nature Museum.
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 31/05/2026
Kurobegawa granite, the youngest granite on Earth. Orthoclase exhibits poikilitic texture. FOV=ca.5 mm #thinsection #petrology #petrography #polarizingmicoscope #岩石 #偏光顕微鏡写真
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 30/05/2026
The stone used for the monument at Botagaike Park in Miyoshi City, Aichi, is "Rustenberg," gabbro from South Africa.
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 22/05/2026
Hornblende in "Kuro-Kurama" - diorite or gabbro from Kurama, Kyoto, Japan. FOV=ca.2 mm #thinsection #petrology #petrography #polarizingmicoscope
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Paul D. Taylor @nhmbryozoa.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
A couple of nice sections of echinoid fossils photographed this morning at the entrance to the Premium Lounge in Heathrow Terminal 2.
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 12/05/2026
Clinozoisite in "Bethel White" - Bethel granite from Bethel, Vermont, US. FOV=ca.2 mm #thinsection #petrology #petrography #polarizingmicoscope #岩石 #偏光顕微鏡写真
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 03/05/2026
"Kannabe Ao-mikage" andesite from Toyooka, Hyogo, Japan. FOV=ca.5 mm #thinsection #petrology #petrography #polarizingmicoscope #岩石 #偏光顕微鏡写真
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 12/04/2026
Muscovite in pegmatite, Nishio, Aichi Japan. FOV=ca.5 mm #thinsection #petrology #petrography #polarizingmicoscope
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 31/03/2026
Titanite in granite from Kurahashi island, Kure, Hiroshima, Japan. FOV=ca.2 mm #thinsection #petrology #petrography #polarizingmicoscope
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 23/03/2026
こちらではないでしょうか www.sekistone-search.com/stone/0033D
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フィオールディマーレ|関ヶ原石材 WEB石材カタログ
総合建築石材業の関ヶ原石材が扱う大理石、ミカゲ石、ライムストーンなど300種類を超える石種のWEBカタログです。実物大画像や大きな板の画像、実際に施工した物件の画像等もご覧いただけます。気になる石は是非サンプルを請求して実物を確認してください。
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 22/03/2026
Packed with brachiopod fossils, “Uzura” limestone used in the entrance wainscot of the former Mitsubishi Bank Otaru Branch (Otaru Canal Terminal). The same limestone was also used in Japan’s National Diet Building. #pavementgeology #街の中で見つかるすごい石 #街角地質学
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 22/03/2026
Large Shikamaia fossils in the stone counter at the former Bank of Japan Otaru Branch in Hokkaido, now a financial museum. Permian limestone from Gifu, Japan. #pavementgeology #街の中で見つかるすごい石 #街角地質学
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 19/03/2026
Burrow fossils (trace fossils) in the cladding of the Roppongi Hills in Tokyo are made of Kasota limestone, which comes from Minnesota in the USA. #pavementgeology #街の中で見つかるすごい石 #街角地質学
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 19/03/2026
Found a sea urchin fossil on the inner wall of Roppongi Hills, Tokyo. #pavementgeology #街の中で見つかるすごい石 #街角地質学
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 17/03/2026
A “snake” on the exterior stone wall of Roppongi Hills. Dolerite from Virginia, USA.
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 17/03/2026
Trilobite fossil found in limestone next to the elevator in a building, Tokyo.
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 26/02/2026
さすが!やっぱりサリエッティですね!
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 26/02/2026
「野生の化石」とは🤣
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 21/02/2026
本山・渓流・紫更紗・桑尾・蛇紋・暁の6種類です〜
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ピコモル @picomol.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
ゾルンホーフェン中の魚化石です!!! 宮古島に来た目的の半分くらいはこれです。この子に会うために東京からはるばる1900キロやってきました。めちゃくちゃ分かりやすいところにいた〜笑 (Okinawa, Japan) #街の中で見つかるすごい石 #石材と街化石
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 21/02/2026
Mt. Norikura-dake, an active volcano in central Japan composed of andesite–dacite lava domes and lava flows, viewed from a ski ground in Nagano Prefecture.
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 23/01/2026
サリエティはコーカサス山脈のジュラ系ですかね。ロシアのウェブページ開けない😭
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 23/01/2026
調べてみたところ、石材名はサリエッティ(Salietti)でジョージア産のようです。
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 23/01/2026
たしかに旧豊田ビルのアンモナイトは有名だったみたいです。札幌にもアンモナイトがありましたか〜さすがですね!東銀座駅でも見つけてください〜東銀座駅はサリエティンで決定!
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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司 @nishimoto.rocks · 18/01/2026
札幌のはランゲドックじゃないです?東銀座駅はサリエティンなのかな?
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