Raw rhodonite, unpolished. It is recognisable by its pink shot through with black veins of manganese oxide, and that mixture is exactly what tradition attributes to it: healing without denying what hurt. It is used for emotional wounds, forgiveness and reconciliation. Delivered in a 4 × 4 cm box, and every example is unique.
Rhodonite is pink with black veins, and that image explains on its own what it is for: the affection and the wound in the same stone. It is the one linked to healing without pretending nothing happened.
Rhodonite is a pink manganese silicate that almost always appears shot through with black veins, oxides of the same manganese. That pink and black contrast is its most recognisable feature and the pattern changes with every piece. It is a stone of medium hardness that handles water well.
Tradition knows it as the stone of emotional healing, and it differs from other pink stones in one important shade of meaning: it is not credited with covering pain, but with going through it.
It is best worked on a Waning Moon🌘 or a Full Moon🌕. The waning moon is the phase for letting go, and what is let go here is resentment; the full moon strengthens the work when forgiveness is the point. This is a stone for long processes, so keep it near for as long as it takes.
Carry it with you for as long as the process you are going through lasts, or keep it on the bedside table if it is night-time work. If you use it with intention, hold it and name out loud the person or the situation, yourself included if that is the case. Many people set it beside a pink or white candle while they do it.
With rhodochrosite, which works the same ground but from self-love. With morganite for forgiveness and compassion. And with green calcite when what needs healing is the end of a chapter.
They are alike in name and in the pink, but they are different minerals. Rhodonite is pink with black veins and harder; rhodochrosite is pink with white bands and much softer. In tradition rhodonite heals wounds and rhodochrosite works on self-love.
Quite the opposite: they are part of the mineral and identify it. They are manganese oxides and every piece has its own pattern.
Yes, it handles running water without trouble. Rinse it and dry it with a cloth.
| Presentation | 4 × 4 cm box |
| Type | Raw mineral, neither polished nor cut |
| Piece | Natural and unique: shape, size and shade vary from stone to stone |
You can rinse it under cold running water and dry it with a soft cloth. It is a hard stone, so water does it no harm.
