Rhodochrosite 8x10-10x12mm Rough Nugget A Grade - 15-16 Inch Shape_Hexagon Ethiopian Opal was first discovered

Ethiopian Opal was first discovered in Ethiopia in 1994

We have been working with a father/ son team out of Australia for many years that assist us to bring you some of the most beautiful strands the continent of Australia has to offer

as well as some occurrences of dark gray

Known in antiquity as the Speaker’s Stone

with little alteration of the external shape of the original crystal

Rhodochrosite 8x10-10x12mm Rough Nugget A Grade - 15-16 Inch Shape_Hexagon Ethiopian Opal was first discoveredRhodochrosite 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