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Sec. IV, Ch. 30: Semi-Precious Stones, Rhodonite

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CHAPTER XXX
RHODONITE.
Τ is the rose-red colour of this mineral which has gained for it the name of Rhodonite (from the Greek rhodon, a rose); and it is this colour also which gives it a place among ornamental stones. Rhodonite is an opaque silicate of manganese' found in masses, sometimes of considerable size, especially near Ekaterinburg, in the Urals. By the Russian lapi­daries it is occasionally worked into vases and other orna­mental objects. It also occurs at Kapink, in Hungary, where it is associated with black oxide of manganese, which gives a variegated colour to the stone. . It is only certain varieties of Rhodonite which can be advantageously used by the lapidary.
RHODONITE.
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