Mannari stone

Japanese: 万成石 - まんなりいし
Mannari stone

The name of a type of granite quarried in the Iwai and Mannari areas of Kita-ku, Okayama City. It is a representative type of pink granite in Japan, and is a type of granite from the Mesozoic Cretaceous period that is widely distributed on the Sanyo side of the Chugoku region. It is a medium- to coarse-grained biotite granite, and is composed of colorless and transparent quartz, light pink or light red potassium feldspar, white plagioclase, biotite, and small amounts of amphibole. Its appearance as a stone material is similar to that of Hon-granite, but because of its beautiful pink or pink color, it is used nationwide as a decorative stone material for stone monuments and buildings. Magi-mikage, which is mined in Nishikataoka, south of Saidaiji, Higashi-ku, Okayama City, is also a type of this type, and both became famous when they were used during the construction of Meiji Shrine.

[Saito Yasuji]

[Reference items] | Okayama (city) | Amphibole | Granite | K-feldspar | Stone material | Hon-granite | Granite

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

岡山市北区万成、岩井地方で採石される花崗(かこう)岩の石材名。日本における桃色御影(みかげ)の代表的なもので、中国地方山陽側に広く分布している中生代白亜紀の花崗岩の一種である。中粒から粗粒の黒雲母花崗岩(くろうんもかこうがん)で、無色透明の石英、淡紅色または淡肉紅色のカリ長石、白色の斜長石、黒雲母および少量の角閃(かくせん)石などからなる。石材としての外観は本(ほん)御影に似ているが、桃色または淡紅色を呈し美しいために、石碑や建築用の装飾用石材として全国的に利用されている。岡山市東区西大寺(さいだいじ)南方の西片岡に産する真儀御影(まぎみかげ)もこの一種で、これらは明治神宮造営のときにともに用いられて有名になった。

[斎藤靖二]

[参照項目] | 岡山(市) | 角閃石 | 花崗岩 | カリ長石 | 石材 | 本御影 | 御影石

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