Bloodstone <Gunma Prefecture> [Famous Japanese Stone]

Gunma Blood Stone

Bloodstone

It is a cryptocrystalline variety of quartz containing iron oxide.
It is named bloodstone because it looks like red blood.
It is said that because it sheds blood on your behalf, it makes you more resistant to injury and increases your vitality.
Apparently soldiers and pregnant women carried it as a talisman.
It is a spiritual stone that is said to have been formed overseas when the blood of Christ was turned to stone on the hill of Golgotha.
It can be said to be a stone that symbolizes life.
Kiryu City in Gunma Prefecture is famous for the legend of Princess Shirataki, and tells the story of Kyusuke, who won the princess's love.