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PINK RHODONITE SPHERE 1

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Beautiful Pink Rhodonite Sphere 1 for sale with great colour.  The lovely Pink is the Rhodonite and the Black is Manganese Oxide.  A classic, collectable specimen.  As you can see the beautiful pink color really comes out in the full sun photos.  The high quality gloss finish is shown off better from pics in the shade outside.  This sphere comes with a low profile hematite ring stand for enhanced display.  Check out the stunning pics of this individual sphere on this page.

Location:
South Africa.

Dimensions:
6.8cm, 564g.

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PINK RHODONITE SPHERE 1PINK RHODONITE SPHERE 1

Beautiful Pink Rhodonite Sphere 1 for sale with great colour.  The lovely Pink is the Rhodonite and the Black is Manganese Oxide.  A classic, collectable specimen.  As you can see the beautiful pink color really comes out in the full sun photos.  The high quality gloss finish is shown off better from pics in the shade outside.  This sphere comes with a low profile hematite ring stand for enhanced display.  Check out the stunning pics of this individual sphere on this page.

Location:
South Africa.

Dimensions:
6.8cm, 564g.

Check out more Spheres for sale here.

RHODONITE SPHEREGEMMY RHODONITE CRYSTALSIMPERIAL RHODONITERHODONITE CRYSTALSRhodonite
Manganese iron magnesium silicate
MnSiO3

 

Rhodonite is an attractive mineral, often carved and used in jewelry.  Named in 1819 by Christoph Friedrich Jasche from the Greek “rhodon” or “rhodos” meaning “rose”, referring to its colour.  Rhodonite does not react to acids.  It is usually associated with black Manganese minerals, Galena and Pyrite.

Properties.

Colour is typically pink to red or orange and even black.
Luster is vitreous to dull to pearly on polished surfaces.
Transparency: Crystals are generally translucent and rarely transparent.
Crystal System is triclinic; bar 1
Crystal Habits include crystals that have a blocky prismatic habit, however crystals are rare. More typically massive, coarse and fine granular aggregates.
Cleavage is perfect in two directions forming prisms with a rectangular cross-section.
Fracture is conchoidal.
Hardness is 5.5 – 6.5.
Specific Gravity is approximately 3.4 – 3.7+ (above average for translucent minerals)
Streak is white.

Associated Minerals are calcite, pyrite, microcline, spessartine, pyroxmangite and other manganese minerals.

Other Characteristics: May tarnish to a brown or black colour upon exposure until poslished.
Notable Occurrences include Ural Mountains, Russia; Broken Hill and Tamworth, Australia; Langban, Sweden, Menas Gerais, Brazil and Massachusetts and Franklin, New Jersey, USA.
Best Field Indicators are colour, black inclusions, lack of reaction to acid and hardness.

Manganese Mn.

The element manganese is an essential element in our daily food and has several industrial uses.  Used in steel alloys to increase strength, hardness and durability.  Manganese is also used to make glass an amethyst colour.  That is not so surprising since manganese is the trace element responsible for quartz’s purple variety, amethyst.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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Rhodonite Healing Properties

Rhodonite is the stone of emotional balance, encouraging and promoting the energy of self love and acceptance. It activates and opens the heart chakra, allows one to see a situation from all sides. Promotes feelings of love and forgiveness often helping heal old wounds. Some of the best Rhodonite in the World is found in Australia.

Chakras: Heart

SKU: S22R01 Category: Tags: ,
Weight600 g
Dimensions10 × 12 × 10 cm
color

Black, Pink

PINK RHODONITE SPHERE 1PINK RHODONITE SPHERE 1

Beautiful Pink Rhodonite Sphere 1 for sale with great colour.  The lovely Pink is the Rhodonite and the Black is Manganese Oxide.  A classic, collectable specimen.  As you can see the beautiful pink color really comes out in the full sun photos.  The high quality gloss finish is shown off better from pics in the shade outside.  This sphere comes with a low profile hematite ring stand for enhanced display.  Check out the stunning pics of this individual sphere on this page.

Location:
South Africa.

Dimensions:
6.8cm, 564g.

Check out more Spheres for sale here.

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