Almandine

• Zakuro-ishi (Almandine)
  Makabe-cho, Ibaraki-ken, Japan
  
  Zakuro-ishi (“Pometranate stone” in Japanese) has perfect trisoctahedron shape as if it is machine polished.
  Dull-red color and its roundish shape really remind us of pomegranate pieces
  Zakuro-ishi’s English name “garnet” derives from Latin word “Ganatus” which means “pomegranate-like”.
  It is interesting that countries in the East and the West call the stone same way.
  Commonly the mineral used for red jewelry is pyrope.