Rhodochrosite 4mm Round 15-16 Inch Mook Bloodstone was known in antiquity

Bloodstone was known in antiquity as Heliotrope

Mohs hardness 7

Dalmation Jasper is the trade name for Dalmation Stone

It displays a visual property called “pleochroism

These inclusions create black and brown spots that resemble the random patterns found on its namesake

Rhodochrosite 4mm Round 15-16 Inch Mook Bloodstone was known in antiquityRhodochrosite 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