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RHODONITE.
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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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