[Explanation of a color]

The Hekishokur, it is a strong blue-green. Midori has become the color original points to a “jasper”, “green jasper” among them. Jasper crystal of many impurities mixed quartz. From the fact that there are a variety of colors and blue, red, green, purple, yellow, brown due to the difference of the impurities that are mixed, it has been used as ornaments, such as songs ball-necklace from ancient times. “Tamatsukuri stone” of Izumo in Japan, “red ball” of Sado, part of the “Nishiki stone” of Tsugaru will hit the jasper. In addition, one of Brad Stone is the March birthstone also jasper.

Character of “Ao” is also read as “Ao, Midori,” but this is “Ao” and the blue? Midori, it seems that it is the remnant that changed how to read by the color of the stone as “Midori” green Midori .

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