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RHODOLITE

A member of the garnet family, rhodolite is famous for its prominent use in Victorian jewelry, where it was fashioned as 'roses', or cut in a dome-shaped form known as 'carbuncles'.

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DID YOU KNOW

Rhodolite is available in a myriad of colors and varieties, notable garnets include: Almandine (red to purplish red), Pyrope (orange red, crimson, or dark red), Rhodolite (purplish red), Spessartite (Autumnal reds, oranges and browns), Demantoid (rich green) and Tsavorite (fine green) Garnet. Garnet crystals can grow to enormous sizes – in 1996, a single crystal weighing 37.5 tons was found near Alice Springs, Northern Territory of Australia.

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RHODOLITE: A BRIEF HISTORY

From the Latin granatium which means pomegranate. As with many gemstone names, those in the garnet family evolved from Greek taxonomy. The suffix -ite at the end of gem names such as tsavorite is derived from the Greek litho, meaning stone. Famous for its prominent use in Victorian jewelry, where it was fashioned as 'roses', or cut in a dome-shaped form known as 'carbuncles'.

MEANING BEHIND THE STONE

Rhodolite is thought to be a stone of love and passion, awakening creativity, positive energy, and self-confidence.

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