Shizuoka Crystal (Shizuoka Prefecture) [Famous Japanese Stone]

Sizuoka Quartz

Shizuoka Crystal

Long ago, Shizuoka Prefecture was a volcanic region with high magma activity.
There is also plate activity, and high pressure and temperature have resulted in the formation of high-quality quartz crystals.
Because of its appearance resembling ice crystals, people in the past thought it was an "ice fossil" or "crystallized and hardened water."
In ancient Japan, quartz crystal was called "suisei."
Since ancient times, quartz has been revered as a sacred stone and is said to have been used in various rituals.
It has been loved all over the world as a "stone that wards off evil spirits" and "stone that brings good luck" that wards off disasters and evil spirits and protects from danger.
Like diamond, it is also the birthstone for April.

A long time ago, he area that is now Shikuoza Prefecture used to be a volcanic zone with intense magmatic activity
Green Sizuoka quartz can be mined but it's so much rare,
Since they looked like ice crystals, people of the past had thought that the quartz crystals were ice fossils or crystallized and hardened water.
In the old days in Japan, crystal used to be called “the spirit of water”. According to the legend Crystal had been worshiped as a spiritual stone since ancient times and it had been used in various rituals. Crystal has been loved by people around the world as a stone that brings good luck and a protective stone that take away bad luck and evil spirit.