This weekend, I made a trip to a local bead shop to scout for strands of semi-precious gemstones, brass beads, and findings. I was looking for stones and beads in springtime colors..hoping to find beads to add to some new charm bracelets I'm conceptualizing. The color pink has been in my mind lately. This is, in part, because I've been thinking a lot about my mom's memorial service last May, and the gorgeous pink roses and baby's breath that we picked out. She loved pink -- a color which matched the warm glowing nature of her spiritual beauty, and her carefree easy laugh.
I stumbled across a length of pink rhodochrosite beads, and knew I'd found what I was looking for. Examining the strand, I admired the beautiful natural striations of light to darker gray on a background of deep pink to lighter pink. Perfect! I bought two strands...one of the puffed coin shape beads, and one of cylindrical-shaped beads.
I love to learn things about the semi-precious gemstones that I purchase. A little sleuthing uncovered the fact that rhodochroside, sometimes called Inca Rose Stone, was discovered by the Inca Indians as they explored deep caves filled with stalagmites and mineral deposits. Today the colorful stone is found in mines in
Argentina, as well as in
Peru,
Canada, and
Colorado. Rhodochrosite is thought to have the metaphysical properties of healing. It is thought to sooth the emotions, open the heart, and stimulate love and passion. These unique metaphysical properties have led to nicknaming this mineral the stone of "love and balance."
As I design new jewelry pieces featuring this lovely stone, I will strive to exemplify love and aesthetic balance.
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