RHODONITE
- Rhodonite was named after the Greek word for rose, rhodon. It is
in fact a Manganese Iron Magnesium Calcium Silicate - (Mn, Fe,
Mg, Ca) 5 (SiO 3 ) 5 . Its hardness is 5.5 – 6.5 Moh’s Scale,
Specific Gravity approx. 3.4 – 3.7 – which means that this material
is considerably heavier than quartz. Rhodonite has beautiful pink
color, sometimes with spots and patterns of black. Lower quality
material could be yellowish or almost brown and often looks like
an ordinary jasper. Rhodonite is mined in Australia, Sweden,
Brazil, USA (Massachusetts), and also in Russia , in Ural
Mountains .
- In Russia rhodonite was found in the middle of the XVIII century
near the village of Maloe Sidelnikovo which is not far from
Ekaterinburg. Local people named it “Orletz” which is "The eagle
stone" in Russian. There is a legend that explains to us the
meaning of this name. It says that shortly after rhodonite was
discovered people noticed that great eagles which inhabited Ural
Mountains carried small pieces of rhodonite in their claws and put
them into their nestles. People of Urals started then to follow
eagle’s example and put pieces of rhodonite into their babies’
cradles – in order to make babies grow as strong as mountain
eagles.
- Sadly enough, the deposit in Maloe Sidelnikovo, which once was a
rich source of the highest – quality rhodonite, is now exhausted.
What is left to us now is just some occasional lots which were kept
by people since the time the mine had worked.
- Rhodonite is believed to be a stone for activating love energies. It
raises self-worth, gives an aura of elegance, self-confidence and
self-esteem. If your wear it, it stimulates and opens the heart
chakra and dispels anxiety. It also says to balances yin and yang
and soothe nightmares.
