Rhodochrosite stone: It is a manganese carbonate. Its name derives from the Greek words rhodon meaning ‘pink’, and chroma meaning ‘color’. Rhodochrosite is a common mineral. Dating from the 13th century, this stone is almost legendary. Rhodochrosite is a very aesthetic and desirable mineral. Its deep red and deep pink crystals are highly sought after. It has been called “Argentine National Stone”.
It is preferably presented in layers or crusts of banded structure, with overlapping pink bands of different shades, from light to dark, with a fibrous texture, and separated from each other by a white to grayish white material (mixture of various carbonates of Calcium, Magnesium, Iron, and with a very low concentration of Manganese).
Rhodochrosite stone: Origin of its color
Rhodochrosite derives its pink color from manganese. It is usually a vivid bright pink color, but can also have different shades of pink; pink, red, faded pink, or slightly orange. Narrow bands within the stone are visible, and may be curved or slightly twisted.
These bands can be pink and red or pink and white. Chemical alternation will cause rhodochrosite to turn blackish or brownish. Rhodochrosite has a glassy to pearly luster and a rating of 4 on the hardness scale.
It is often found where manganese, copper, silver, and lead can be found, frequently in hydrothermal ore veins. Associated minerals include calcite, ankerite, alabandite, rhodonite, bementite, fluorite, manganite, quartz, galena, pyrite, and chalcopyrite. Rhodochrosite is distinguished from rhodonite, another similar pinkish manganese mineral, by its lower hardness, as well as the brown or black crust that develops as a result of exposure to air.
Rhodochrosite stone: Where is it located
The rhodochrosite stalagmites and stalactites come from the Capillitas mine, Catamarca, Argentina. Deeply colored and beautiful scalenohedral crystals come from Peru at the Huayllapon mine in the Pasto Bueno district, Ancash; the Huaron mine, Cerro de Pasco; and the Uchucchacua mine, Oyon province, Lima department. Groupings of curved, saddle-shaped crystals were found in Huachocolpa, Huancavelca Department, Peru.
Why is it considered the national gemstone of Argentina?
Because although it was initially a by-product of the exploitation of other minerals that had their own market, fortunately there was a visionary, Franz Mansfeld, who presented it on the European continent, fascinated by its appearance and its exclusivity, in 1934.
And it was this presentation in society that first opened the Argentine gemological market, which continues to be very limited, not because of a lack of minerals, but rather because of adequate exploratory, extractive and productive policies.
Even today, and despite these limitations, rhodochrosites are synonymous with Argentine gemology. And these are highly valued stones in the world.
Properties
Rhodochrosite represents selfless love and compassion. It is a stone that imparts a dynamic and positive attitude, it is excellent for the heart, teaching it to assimilate painful feelings.
Cleanses the base and solar plexus chakras. And on a psychological level, it gives vitality to the mind by promoting a positive attitude and enhancing creativity.
Wear it on the wrist and especially on the solar plexus or on the heart.
Rhodochrosite is a variety of calcite, with which it shares its properties:
Calcite is a powerful amplifier and cleanser of energies. The simple fact of having calcite in the room cleanses the negative energies of the environment and enhances your personal reserves, as well as removes stagnant energy within the body.
It is a spiritual stone that facilitates the opening of higher consciousness and psychic abilities.
Rhodochrosite has many corrective attributes. It has been said that it can reduce anxiety and stress. Negative attitudes towards oneself and painful emotions from the past. It stimulates activity, compassion and understanding. It helps stabilize emotions and has always been known as a remedy for lung disorders and digestive problems. Rhodochrosite is a stone that promotes overall harmony.
People who should use it
If you are a person who tends to avoid some issues, or you feel mistrust towards another person at the level of intuition. This reaction is because you have experienced traumatic episodes in your childhood. Which is related in some way to that person. This generates a strong reaction in the gut or within the chakra of power or the solar plexus.
This pink stone works quickly and effectively to help resolve issues you have yet to face by bringing them to the surface.
Just by placing a stone in your pocket, the energy of it will benefit you.
When you begin to remember those issues or events, you will have the ability to make decisions to deal with them within your life consciously.
Out of a sense of self-preservation, these situations can be forgotten that they ever occurred. Despite being so traumatic.
People usually repress memories of these events because they felt scared.
It is important to know that if you find yourself in this situation, you need to seek professional help to deal with these problems.
Rhodochrosite care and cleaning
When it reaches our hands for the first time, it must be cleaned. Crystals that have not been properly cleaned should not be used or carried with you. Motivated by the fact that these crystals or stones have passed through many hands and places. And they have been charged with all those energies that we do not know if they are harmful or not.
It is necessary that this cleaning be done periodically to eliminate the negative charge of both the body and the environment. When we talk about cleaning them, it is not about removing dirt. But strip them of all the harmful vibrations they may have, all stones have the power to remove negativity from people. Therefore, its cleaning must be methodical, to ensure its effectiveness.