Original description: Iwase, E., Saito, N., 1942. Johachidolite—A New Mineral of Hydrous Fluoborate of Sodium, Calcium and Aluminium — Scientific Papers of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research 39: 300—304 [
view in ‘Library’]; Aristarain, L. F., Erd, R. C., 1977. Johachidolite redefined: a calcium aluminum borate — American Mineralogist 62: 327—329 [
view in ‘Library’].
Type locality: Sangpal-tong [Johachido], North Hamgyong, North Korea.
Type material: unknown; National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA, 105479 was used for species redefinition (
Anthony et al., 2001—2005).
Etymology: for its type locality, Johachido, an obsolete Japanese name.
the mineral is known only from North Hamgyong, North Korea and Mogok, Mandalay, Myanmar.