Sparkling Stone

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The Sparkling Stone (Japanese: かがやくいし Sparkling Stone) is a Key Item introduced in Generation VII and the raw material needed to create a Z-Ring or Z-Power Ring. They are given to the island kahuna by the tapu to turn into a Z-Ring or Z-Power Ring and then gifted to worthy Pokémon Trainers. Rarely, some Trainers may be given one directly by the tapu instead, as is the case with the .
According to Professor Kukui and Lillie, Sparkling Stones are actually parts of 's body that were lost due to the actions of the Ultra Recon Squad's ancestors. These parts then came to Alola after passing through an Ultra Wormhole. They share these traits with Z-Crystals.
==In the core series games==
The receives a Sparkling Stone from in recognition of their bravery in protecting Nebby from a swarm of . After the player defeats Hau for the first time or simply returns to Iki Town, Hala recognizes the stone, and upon realizing that the player has been recognized by the guardian deity of Melemele Island, offers to refine it. The player receives the finished product, a Z-Ring or Z-Power Ring, after completing the ceremony battle with Hau.
Another, unobtainable Sparkling Stone is given to Hapu by when the former is made the island kahuna of Poni Island. She later fastens it into her own Z-Ring/Z-Power Ring. This Sparkling Stone is colored brown, unlike the white/black one the player received earlier.
===Price===
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===Effect===
The player needs to give this item to Hala in Iki Town so that he can make the player a Z-Ring or Z-Power Ring out of it.
===Description===
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===Acquisition===
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| Mahalo Trail (Plank Bridge; from Lillie after saving Nebby from the )
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==Gallery==
===Artwork===
Concept art for the Sparkling Stone
====Models====
 	
Model of 's Sparkling Stone in	Model of 's Sparkling Stone in
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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In Treasure Hunt, Akala Style!, found a Sparkling Stone, termed in the episode as a Z-Ring ore (Japanese: リングのゲンセキ Z-Ring Ore), during a Stoutland Search treasure hunt set up by Olivia for and . Olivia took the stone and turned it into a Z-Ring, which she gave to Lana in the next episode.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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In The Delivery of Rotom and the Girl, received a Sparkling Stone from . In The Party Crasher and Guzma the Destroyer, Sun used the Sparkling Stone as a splint for his broken arm. When Sun was angered by Gladion in The Final Match and a Surprising Finale!, his Sparkling Stone accidentally absorbed Z-Power from a nearby Ultra Wormhole, allowing Sun's , , to use the Z-Move , defeating Gladion's Type: Null. Due to the strain of using the attack, Sun immediately passed out from exhaustion. Afterwards, Hala took the Sparkling Stone in order to convert it into a Z-Ring for Sun to use. Once completed, Hala had Kahili deliver it to Sun at the Ruins of Life.
In The Wild Full-Power Pose of Fire, Kiawe was revealed to own a Z-Ring, which he received as a Sparkling Stone from five years earlier. In order to prevent Sun from using Inferno Overdrive against him again, Gladion had his Type: Null shatter Kiawe's Z-Ring when the latter attempted to lend it to Sun, leaving only the Sparkling Stone intact.
In The Truth and Island Kahuna Hapu, Hapu received a Sparkling Stone from after it accepted her as the next kahuna of Poni Island.
In Shock!! Father in the Pendant!, Hau revealed that, in the midst of his , he had managed to obtain a Sparkling Stone, which Olivia had fashioned into a Z-Ring for him.
==Trivia==
* Lillie, Hala, Hapu, and the book, The Tapu and the Island Kahunas, all incorrectly use lower case for the item name in . This was fixed in .
==In other languages==
==See also==
* List of Key Items in Generation VII
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