Peruvian Rhodochrosite 16mm Round - 15-16 Inch high-end-collars brown and red bands of

brown and red bands of color allow the stone to be matched with many other gemstones in designs

priests and kings and believed to be a powerful protection stone

and is a result of trace amounts of copper or chromium

The name "topaz

Peruvian Rhodochrosite 16mm Round - 15-16 Inch high-end-collars brown and red bands 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