Peruvian Rhodochrosite 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch 48hr_08152023 The quality and transparency of

The quality and transparency of the Quartz almost makes the red spots (caused by iron and hematite) look suspended in time

Quartz has been highly valued by virtually every civilization throughout history

a 19th-century German professor of chemistry and mineralogy

This earned it the Russian name “orletz” or Eagle Stone

with striking patterns that may resemble birch bark or wood grain

Peruvian Rhodochrosite 10mm Round - 15-16 Inch 48hr_08152023 The quality and transparency ofRhodochrosite 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