Rhodochrosite 4x6mm Rondelle Faceted - 15-16 Inch African Turquoise They are all silicate minerals

They are all silicate minerals

resulting in fossils that are chalk-white

first known as saualpite

The green coloring has likened the stone of jadeite in the past

Rhodochrosite 4x6mm Rondelle Faceted - 15-16 Inch African Turquoise They are all silicate mineralsRhodochrosite is a bubblegum pink to rose red stone, with occasional inclusions of creamy white and dark grey. A manganese carbonate material of the Calcite group, Rhodochrosite has a pearly luster and often displays banded patterning. It is considered a stone of love and has been called the Stone of the Compassionate Heart. One of its aliases is Inca Rose, so named because the ancient Incas believed the stone to be the petrified blood of their