Rhodochrosite 8mm Coin Faceted - 15-16 Inch - CLEARANCE 12mm Biotite was named in honor

Biotite was named in honor of the French physicist Jean-Baptiste Biot

It is a variety of the mineral corundum

decays and is exposed to mineral-rich water

and the material has not been treated with dye

Our Jade is one of two mineral varieties -- nephrite

Rhodochrosite 8mm Coin Faceted - 15-16 Inch - CLEARANCE 12mm Biotite was named in honorRhodochrosite 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