Original description: Murakami, N., Kato, T., Miúra, Y., Hirowatari, F., 1976. Sugilite, a new silicate mineral from Iwagi Islet, Southwest Japan — Mineralogical Journal 8: 110—121 [
view in ‘Library’].
Type locality: Iwagi Island, Ehime Prefecture, Japan.
Type material: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA, 133982; National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan; Natural History Museum, London, England, 1975, 342; Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan (
Anthony et al., 2001—2005).
Etymology: in honour of Kenichi Sugi, Japanese petrologist (
Anthony et al., 2001—2005).