Izumo Stone Beads Available

Izumo Stone (from Shimane)

$9.99

Sold per: 1 piece

Colors in the main photo: BlackGreen Read from the main photo’s appearance; not a material identification.

About this size: 8mm

Traditional meaning

It is said to hold the power of the gods of Izumo and is associated with work luck and warding off evil; it is said to have a history reaching back to the Yayoi period.

Source: the Japanese texts of the Pascle design tool for this size, reviewed and translated by us. Traditional meanings are cultural associations, not verified properties or proven effects, and not a promise about the piece you receive.

Sold loose, priced per piece, for bracelets you string yourself. Sizes and pictures follow the bracelet designer. Plan a bracelet with it in the designer

About this stone: Izumo Stone

Izumo stone (Japanese Izumo-ishi) is another name for the deep green hekigyoku (jasper), also called ao-menou ("blue agate"), from Mount Kasen (Kasenzan) in Tamayu-cho, Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. It is a natural stone; mineralogically it is chalcedony, an aggregate of fine fibrous quartz, the same material as agate. From the late Yayoi to the Heian period it was made into magatama (comma-shaped beads) and tubular beads at Tamatsukuri.

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