Inada stone

Japanese: 稲田石 - いなだいし
Inada stone

A biotite granite stone found in the Inada region of Kasama City, Ibaraki Prefecture. It is also called Inada granite or white granite. It is a plutonic rock whose main components are quartz, potassium feldspar, plagioclase, and biotite, and it may also contain amphibole. The potassium feldspar and plagioclase are white, giving it a white appearance, and it is said to be the closest to pure white among domestic granite. Depending on the size of the mineral particles, there are coarse, medium, fine, and bran-grained varieties, and there is also a type called "black" that contains a lot of colored minerals. It is widely used throughout eastern Japan, mainly in the Kanto region, as a relatively high-quality stone for civil engineering and construction. It is also used for paving stones and gravestones, and crushed stone is used as a raw material for terrazzo (artificial stone).

[Saito Yasuji]

[Reference items] | Inada | Amphibole | Granite | Potassium feldspar | Biotite | Plagioclase | Plutonic rock | Artificial stone | Quartz | Stone | Granite

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

茨城県笠間(かさま)市稲田地方に産する黒雲母花崗岩(くろうんもかこうがん)の石材。稲田御影(みかげ)あるいは白御影ともいわれる。石英、カリ長石、斜長石、黒雲母を主成分鉱物とする深成岩で、角閃石(かくせんせき)が含まれることもある。カリ長石と斜長石が白いため白色の外観を呈し、国産の御影石のなかではもっとも純白に近いといわれる。鉱物粒の大きさの違いにより、粗目(あらめ)、中目(ちゅうめ)、小目(こめ)、糠目(ぬかめ)の種類があり、有色鉱物の多い「黒」とよばれるものもある。土木・建築用の比較的良質の石材として、関東地方を中心とした東日本一帯で広く利用されている。舗道敷石や墓石などにも用いられるほか、砕石がテラゾー(人造石)の原料としても利用されている。

[斎藤靖二]

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