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Rhodochrosite is a manganese carbonate mineral that ranges in colour from light pink to deep rose-red, often exhibiting stunning parallel bands of white or pale pink (due to layers of manganese oxides and carbonates). High-quality Rhodochrosite forms in translucent rhombohedral crystals, while the banded material is typically massive. It possesses a beautiful vitreous to pearly lustre. Due to its relative softness and the unique beauty of its bands, it is highly valued for ornamental objects, carvings, and delicate jewellery.
Rhodochrosite is known as the "Stone of the Compassionate Heart and Inner Child." It is one of the most powerful Heart Chakra stones, embodying divine love and encouraging altruism, compassion, and deep emotional healing. It gently confronts deeply buried emotional pain, especially wounds related to childhood and emotional abandonment, helping the user to recognise and release fear, anger, and self-doubt with grace. It encourages a playful, positive, and passionate outlook on life, fostering profound self-love.
Hardness: 3.5 to 4.5 on the Mohs scale (it is a soft mineral and requires careful handling).
Chakra: Primarily the Heart Chakra (for unconditional love, compassion, and emotional healing) and the Solar Plexus Chakra (for emotional balance).
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio, Leo, and Aries.
Benefits: Promotes unconditional love, compassion, and altruism, aids in inner-child healing and releasing emotional trauma, encourages joy, playfulness, and positive self-expression, helps to dissolve fear, resentment, and self-doubt, and enhances emotional stability and self-confidence.
Source: Argentina (producing the majority of banded material), USA, Peru, South Africa, Romania.
How to use Rhodochrosite
Place it in your home: Keep a piece in the bedroom or a meditation space to create an atmosphere of nurturing, compassionate love, and serenity.
Meditate with it: Hold the stone or place it directly on your Heart Chakra during meditation to initiate deep emotional healing, particularly focusing on old, painful memories that need gentle release and forgiveness.
Carry it: Keep a piece in your pocket or bag during times when you feel emotionally vulnerable or when you are actively focusing on healing past wounds, drawing on its constant, comforting, and loving energy.
Wear it: As jewellery (a pendant close to the heart is ideal) for continuous access to its compassionate, heart-opening, and nurturing vibration throughout the day. Practise care due to its softness.
Use for inner work: Use the stone when engaged in therapy or journalling to help communicate with and nurture your inner child, promoting a feeling of being loved, whole, and safe.
