Rhodochrosite Sterling Silver Pendant size:1.2"L x 0.9"W x 0.2"T in old silver mines

in old silver mines

carved to be held as much as displayed

Citrine is quartz colored gold by trace iron

The red varieties most common in specimens are almandine

with notable Baltic deposits supplying trade routes across Europe for millennia

Rhodochrosite Sterling Silver Pendant size:1.2"L x 0.9"W x 0.2"T in old silver minesPale pink banding in an ovaleach ring a chapter in a very slow story. Rhodochrosite is manganese carbonate (MnCO3), Mohs 3. 54, formed when manganese rich hydrothermal solutions deposit material in thin layers inside open cavities over long periods. The resulting bandingalternating pink and creamrecords variations in manganese concentration and fluid chemistry across those slow growth cycles. This oval cabochon is set in solid . 925 sterling silver.