Blue Fairy Skin <Hiroshima Prefecture> [Famous Japanese Stone]

Blue Fairy Skin

Blue Fairy Skin

This is a famous stone called blue rose stone, part of Hiroshima Prefecture's Fairy Skin series.
It is called blue pyrite, but it has a pale green tint and is characterized by the fact that it can show a variety of colors, including yellow, red, gray, and blue, depending on the concentration of components it contains.
Mt. Katsumitsu, where the gemstone is produced, produces a variety of minerals, including sapphire, goethite, and hematite.

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.