山西黒御影石とは一体何なのか, そしてそれはどこから来たのですか?

シャンクシブラック (山西黒) 主に渾源県で採石される高級黒御影石です。, 上海省, in northern China. 地質学的に, it is actually a diabase (または輝緑岩斑れい岩), an igneous rock composed mainly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene with a fine-grained crystalline structure. The quarry area is part of a geological formation stretching roughly 1,000 kilometers from Fengzhen in Inner Mongolia through the Datong mountains down to Fuping in Hebei Province. It is also known by other names such as Imperial Black, タイバイ・チン (太白清), Beiyue Black, 日本のナイトローズとか.