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Chemical Composition:
Manganese Carbonate (MnCO3)
Hardness on Mohs Scale:
3.5 - 4 Mohs Hardness
Color Varieties:
Pink, Red, Brown
Locality:
Argentina, Peru, South Africa, the United States
Metaphysical Properties:
Rhodochrosite is known as the stone of love, compassion, and healing. It assists in making better decisions, facing your fears, and promotes self-love. It provides enlightenment and optimism, while calming the mind.
Rhodochrosite helps one heal emotional wounds, sheds limiting beliefs and releases old patterns. It promotes self-love, acceptance, balance, harmony, inner peace, and a sense of spiritual growth and development, while enhancing one’s ability to give and receive love, and the ability to connect with the divine.
Scientific Information:
Rhodochrosite is formed through the precipitation of manganese carbonate in hydrothermal veins and sedimentary rocks. Its crystals typically form in the trigonal crystal system, with the rhombohedral structure.
Associated Chakras:
Heart
Zodiac Signs:
Scorpio
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