Fairy Skin Kaolinite (Hiroshima Prefecture) [Famous Japanese Stone]

Fairy Skin Kaolinite

Fairy Skin Kaolinite

One of Hiroshima Prefecture's Fairy Skin series.
Pyrophyllite is a mineral that contains yellow kaolinite.
This is a rare stone that emits a unique smoky scent.
Scented stones are very rare and unique.

This Japan stone is one of Hiroshima Prefecture's Fairy Skin Series and is known as blue agalmatolite stone. Although it is called blue agalmatolite stone, it has a pale green hue and can show a variety of hues, including yellow, red, gray and blue, depending on the composition of the components it contains. Mount Shoko, where Blue Fairy Skin is produced, is a place that produces a variety of minerals, such as sapphire, goethite and hematite.

Origin Hiroshima Prefecture
meaning Becoming popular, attracting attention, business, performing arts
Mineral Classification Aggregates of multiple minerals, including silicate minerals and iron oxides
chemical composition Al2Si4O10(OH)2, Al4Si4O10(OH)8, 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 yellow, milky white
specific gravity 2.5 to 2.9
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