Rhodochrosite with Wood Quartz 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch Ruby This stone is relatively soft

This stone is relatively soft

an opaque silicon dioxide mineral and form of microcrystalline Chalcedony

but it is not true

chrysocolla

It takes its name from Mooka Creek

Rhodochrosite with Wood Quartz 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch Ruby This stone is relatively softRhodochrosite 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