Nachiguro Stone
Nachiguro Stone Beads Available

Nachiguro Stone

$9.99

Sold per: 1 piece

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

Diameter 10 mm · along the cord 10 mm

Sold loose, priced per piece. Sizes and pictures follow the bracelet designer. Plan a bracelet with it in the designer

About this stone: Nachiguro Stone

Nachiguro stone (Nachiguro-ishi) is a natural sedimentary rock: a jet-black, fine-grained and exceptionally dense black shale (siliceous shale, sometimes called slate) from the Kumano Group, quarried only around Kamikawa-cho in Kumano City, Mie Prefecture. It is the stone used for natural-stone black go stones in Japan and is also made into inkstones, touchstones and ornaments. Despite its name, it is not produced at Nachi in Wakayama Prefecture.

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