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黒水晶 (kurozuishou) Japanese meaning: black quartz | Kotomora
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This black quartz bracelet has a beautiful, subdued luster.
They are exhibiting a black quartz crystal as a mineral specimen.
Related words 水すい 晶しょう 水晶 is clear quartz or rock crystal, while 黒水晶 specifically refers to the dark, smoky variety.
煙けむり 水ずい 晶しょう 煙水晶 is smoky quartz, which can range from light gray to dark brown. 黒水晶 is a very dark, almost black variety of smoky quartz, sometimes called morion.
Etymology Compound of 黒 (くろ, 'black') + 水晶 (すいしょう, 'crystal, quartz'). The reading くろずいしょう exhibits rendaku (sequential voicing) on the second element.