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BO Romie
Fabriquées avec soin, à magnifique bâtonnet de pierre Rhodochrosite & de Jade donnent une touche de douceur et procurent éclat to day wear as in the evening.
10 ct gold plated metal et semi-precious stones
Handmade
Dimensions: 3.5 cm L., 1.5 cm l.
Storage pouch
History of the stone Rhodochrosite (pink):
It was in Argentina around the 13th century, in copper and silver ores, that the Rhodochrosite stone was discovered, more exactly in the northwest, territory of the Inca Empire. Its name comes from the ancient Greek rhodon which means " rose " and from khroma which means " 90_cc75c1_colour 3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_”.
The Incas believed that rhodochrosite symbolized the blood of their ancient rulers, fossilized, which explains the sometimes used name " rose inca. "
With the fall of the Inca Empire, the mines were abandoned and rhodochrosite sank into oblivion.
It was recognized at the end of the 18th century by Cronstedt Bergmann and Kirwan under the name of " Manganese oxidized by aerial acid ". In 1806, René Just Haüy presented it as " Carbonated oxidized manganese ". But, it was not until 1813 that Johann Friedrich Ludwig Hausmann definitively attributed the name of rhodochrosite to it.
Currently, it is the national stone of Argentina. It is also the official stone of Colorado in the United States.