Rhodochrosite Tumble – Big

Here we offer Rhodochrosite tumbles in a larger size than normal but in a lower grade so price is better. Customers have enjoyed having these larger sizes of tumbles to hold or to gift to another.

You will get one of these in the photo I will intuit which is energetically best for your needs. Dimensions are of one of the stones.

To buy higher grade tumbles click here.

Rhodochrosite is a stone of love and balance. It helps create new worlds of possibilities, as well as, increases passion and desires in life.

Dimensions are for the medium size tumbles (now sold out).

Healing Properties

Benefits of Rhodochrosite

• Stone of love and balance.
• Helps one deal with issues of avoidance and denial.
• Helps create new worlds of possibilities.
• Increases passion and desires in life
  • brings back playfulness so healing your inner child’ healing.
• Helps attract happy relationships e.g. one’s soul mate.
• Unblocks psychic energies so upward flow from Earth, and, down from Crown to Heart.
• Helps movement forward after period of doubt.
• Said to stimulate the circulation system and kidneys
  • e.g. normalize blood pressure & to stabilize the heartbeat.

Geological Information

Geological Information of Rhodochrosite

• It is a manganese carbonate mineral.

General Identification

• Category: Carbonate minerals - Calcites
• Formula: (repeating unit) MnCO3
• Hardness: 3½ - 4
• Specific Gravity: 3.7
• Crystal system: Trigonal
• Lustre: Vitreous, Pearly
• Crystal habit: Rhombohedral and scalenohedral crystals; also commonly bladed, columnar, stalactitic, botryoidal, granular or massive
• Colour: Pink, rose, rose-red, red, cherry-red, yellow, yellowish gray, gray, cinnamon-brown, white, may be banded; colourless to pale rose in transmitted light.

Special Notes

• In its (rare) pure form, it is typically a rose-red color and is considered semi precious if not precious stone.
• Impure specimens can be shades of pink to pale brown.
• It can be muddled with Rhodonite as both have manganese and thus a similar look especially in gem crystal form.
• As a biomineral, it may be formed by some fungi, e.g., Lichenothelia, during oxidation (e.g., Burford et al., 2003).
• Rhodochrosite occurs as a hydrothermal vein mineral with other manganese minerals in the silver mines of Romania where it was first found.
• Banded rhodochrosite is mined in Capillitas, Argentina.