S18462 – Rhodonite

This Mn-rich skarn produced some of the nicest rhodonites around when miners started to uncover a jump in quality in the mid-2000s from the Morro da Mina mine in Brazil. The finest crystals are much larger than any previous worldwide finds, which collectors admire so much, and on a scale of deep red color they are perhaps even more saturated. This specimen is roughly diamond shaped, strikingly large at 8.6 cm in contrast to notably white colored matrix.