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AWASE TOISHI or Awasedo are important to the blacksmith because they help the smith to prove that his tools are useable

THE PHOTOS BELOW SHOW A SELECTION OF NAKAYAMA AWASAE TOISHI MINED IN THE MOUNTAIN ABOVE KYOTO IN THE 1930s. YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY CAME IN MANY COLORS.

PROGRESSION OF MINERALS MAY RUN FROM STONE THROUGH TO OTHER STONES.

BELOW, THE KIITA OR YELLOW STONE IN THE CENTER SHOWS A STRONG BLUSH OF NASHI-JI PATTERN, THE END STONES ALSO SHOW SOME NASHI-JI SPOTS. 

AND A CLOSE UP PHOTO OF THAT NASHI-JI OCCURRENCE. 

BELOW YOU CAN SEE A NATURAL CIRCULAR FORMATION IN THE STRATA LAYER.