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灰簾石 (かいれんせき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

灰かい簾れん石せき

Meanings

1

noun

zoisite

A calcium aluminium hydroxy sorosilicate mineral; a gemstone and collector's mineral.

灰かい簾れん石せきは変へん成せい岩がん中ちゅうに見みられる鉱こう物ぶつです。
Zoisite is a mineral found in metamorphic rocks.

Kanji

灰ashes, puckery juice, cremate
簾bamboo screen, rattan blind
石stone

Etymology

The Japanese name 灰簾石 (かいれんせき) is a calque or adaptation of the mineral name zoisite, likely coined in geological contexts. The exact derivation of the kanji is uncertain.