Rhodochrosite 5mm Cube Table Cut Bead - 15-16 Inch - CLEARANCE AMC Beads & Jewelry LLC and forms within a host

and forms within a host rock such as ironstone or sandstone

a mineral of the Quartz family

Jade refers to an ornamental mineral

First described in 1881

It may also be called Rocky Butte Picture Jasper

Rhodochrosite 5mm Cube Table Cut Bead - 15-16 Inch - CLEARANCE AMC Beads & Jewelry LLC and forms within a hostRhodochrosite 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