Rhodonite is a silicate mineral found in various manganese ores.The word Rhodonite, comes from the Greek word; referring to a rose, to symbolize its color.
[Rhodonite]
Class: Silicate mineral
Color: light pink, rose-red
Luster: glassy to pearly
Transparency: translucent or opaque
Crystalline system: trilobal crystal system
Fracture: uneven
Hardness: 5.5-6.5
[Production condition]
It is a product of metamorphism, mainly produced in endogenous manganese deposits, contact with manganese-bearing rocks closely related to the account of skarn deposits and certain hydrothermal veins, often with other manganese minerals such as manganese garnet, rhodochrosite, and Mn, Pb, Zn sulfide coexistence, and occasionally in pegmatite also have output.
[Origin]
Transparent high-quality crystals from Franklin, New Jersey, the United States, maroon transparent crystals from New South Wales, Australia, pink, rose-red lumps of raw stone from Russia, in addition to Sweden, Japan, South Africa and Tanzania, etc., there are also rose pyroxene output;
[color]
The color of rose pyroxene ranges from light pink to red, and is generally more intense; dark pink rose pyroxene would be considered artificially dyed with a glassy luster. It often has black textures, speckles, and reddish to yellowish patterns that are formed by manganese oxides and hydroxides. High-grade rose pyroxene is flawless and translucent as crystal, while less transparent stones have an extremely fine jade-like texture.
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