Pink Fairy Skin <Hiroshima Prefecture> [Famous Japanese Stone]
Pink Fairy Skin
Pink Fairy Skin
One of Hiroshima Prefecture's Fairy Skin series.
Pyrophyllite contains potassium aluminum sulfate, which gives it its pink color.
It has a soft, beautiful pale pink color, but is also delicate, like baby skin, and vulnerable to water and impact.
One of the Fairy Skin series from Hiroshima Prefecture. The pyrophyllite contains potassium aluminum sulfate, which gives it its pink color. it has a delicate, baby-like skin which is in soft, beautiful pale pink color, but it is also weak to water and impact.
| Origin | Hiroshima Prefecture |
|---|---|
| meaning | Beauty, healing, rejuvenation |
| Mineral Classification | Aggregates of multiple minerals, including silicate minerals and alum |
| chemical composition | AlK(SO4)2・12H2O, Al2Si4O10(OH)2, Mg3Si4O10(OH)2, Al4Si4O10(OH)8 and other aggregates |
| Crystalline | monoclinic, triclinic |
| cleavage | - |
| Mohs hardness | 2.0 to 4.0 (depending on inclusions) |
| gloss | pearlescent |
| color | white, pink |
| specific gravity | 2.5 to 2.9 |
