Yellow amber

Japanese: 黄コハク - きこはく
Yellow amber

…The ancient Chinese believed that when a tiger died, its essence entered the earth and transformed into amber. Pliny the Elder (Natural History 37) said that the urine of the lynx solidified and crystallized into a stone called lyncurium, or yellow amber. However, some say that lyncurium has nothing to do with yellow amber, but is in fact tourmaline, a type of silicate mineral that exhibits fiery colors of blue, green, and red. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "yellow amber" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…古代の中国人は,虎が死ぬと精魄が地に入り,化してコハクになると考えた。大プリニウスの意見(《博物誌》第37巻)では,排出されたオオヤマネコの尿が凝固し結晶して,リュンクリウムlyncuriumあるいは黄コハクと呼ばれる石になるという。もっとも,このリュンクリウムは黄コハクとは関係がなく,青や緑や赤の燃えるような色を呈するケイ酸塩鉱物の一種,トルマリン(電気石)だという説もある。…

※「黄コハク」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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