Japan Stones : Yamagata Chert 10mm bracelet natural stones Health wealth stones

Japan Stones: Yamagata Chert 
Producing district: Yamagata Prefecture
Meaning: comfort, Succes, advantage

This stone is said to be the Dawa Sanza (The tree Mountains of Dewa) faith stone

Past=Mt. Gassan, the god of the moon that governs underground spring and the night,

Present= MT. Haguro, the god of sun for the benefit of this world

Futire= Mt. Yudono, the star of resurrections, the god of universe.

A god is enshrined at the top of each mountain, and it is said that the formation of three mountains is sacred in Buddhism.

Stone tools from Jomon period have also been found, and it is a historically old place. It is said that the Heike clan, who escaped the War in the Tengyo era of Taira no Masakado, opened this place during the Heian Period and still now, many place connected with this family, remain.

 It is said that Yudonoyama Shrine was built by kodo Daishi Kukai, and it was so crowded at its peak of popularity that it was always filled with pilgrim. These fossils are deposited on the seabed by dissipating insects and sponges. If you look al the cross sections with loupe, you may see fragments of that fossil.

The mining area is limited because this stone cannot be formed unless other minerals are mixed in the seabed, and because the environment must be in a certain condition.

Bead size: about 10mm
Inner circumference size: about 16.5cm