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THE PHOTOS BELOW SHOW A SELECTION OF
NAKAYAMA AWASAE TOISHI MINED IN THE
MOUNTAINS ABOVE KYOTO IN THE 1930s. YOU
CAN SEE THAT THEY CAME IN MANY COLORS.
NAKAYAMA AWASAE TOISHI MINED IN THE
MOUNTAINS ABOVE KYOTO IN THE 1930s. YOU
CAN SEE THAT THEY CAME IN MANY COLORS.
A PROGRESSION OF MINERALS BOUND UP IN THE BINDER MAY
RUN FROM STONE TO STONE AND BE DISPLAYED AS A COLOR
SCHEME. THESE MINERAL ARE INDEPENDENT OF THE GRIT OR
CUTTING AGENTS INHERENT TO THE STONE BUT CAN BE
INDICATIVE OF THE HARDNESS OR SOFTNESS OF THE STONE.
RUN FROM STONE TO STONE AND BE DISPLAYED AS A COLOR
SCHEME. THESE MINERAL ARE INDEPENDENT OF THE GRIT OR
CUTTING AGENTS INHERENT TO THE STONE BUT CAN BE
INDICATIVE OF THE HARDNESS OR SOFTNESS OF THE STONE.
BELOW IS A PHOTO OF THE BACKS OF THE ABOVE TOISHI.
THE KIITA OR YELLOW COLOR STONES WILL SOMETIMES HAVE A PATTERN
CALLED NASHI-JI IN FOR FORM OF SPOTS. ON LIGHT COLORED STONE THE
SPOTS CAN BE DARKER, ON DARKER COLORED STONES THE SPOTS CAN BE
LIGHTER IN THE CENTER SHOWS A STRONG BLUSH OF NASHI-JI.
CALLED NASHI-JI IN FOR FORM OF SPOTS. ON LIGHT COLORED STONE THE
SPOTS CAN BE DARKER, ON DARKER COLORED STONES THE SPOTS CAN BE
LIGHTER IN THE CENTER SHOWS A STRONG BLUSH OF NASHI-JI.
A CLOSE UP PHOTO OF AN EXAMPLE
OF THE NASHI-JI PATTERN
OF THE NASHI-JI PATTERN
BELOW YOU CAN SEE A NATURAL CIRCULAR
FORMATION IN THE STRATA LAYERS FROM THE
HONKUCHI NARI FROM WHICH THE NAKAYAMA
MINE IS A PART OF. 本口成り
FORMATION IN THE STRATA LAYERS FROM THE
HONKUCHI NARI FROM WHICH THE NAKAYAMA
MINE IS A PART OF. 本口成り