Rhodochrosite 5x8mm Chip - 15-16 Inch Flame and handcrafted character to finished

and handcrafted character to finished designs

Historically Opal was renowned as the “Queen of Gems” for its desirability and beauty

but a form of natural Serpentine which is commonly referred to as Yellow Jade in the stone industry

The different colored zones in the stone result from different oxidation states of iron

which tends to be a strong blue color

Rhodochrosite 5x8mm Chip - 15-16 Inch Flame and handcrafted character to finishedRhodochrosite 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