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Zakuro-ishi (Almandine)

Zakuro-ishi (Almandine)
Makabe-cho, Ibaraki-ken
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.

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