7x3.8x7 cm
The Sweet Home Mine near Alma, Colorado has produced many of the world's finest rhodochrosite specimens.  Exceptionally colorful, gemmy, large and lustrous, Sweet Home mine rhodochrosite crystals have long been considered among the most desirable objects of the mineral world.
Gentle and yet probably the most vibrant loving stone to heal the Heart Chakra, especially for giving/receiving love. Rhodochrosite is the "Stone of Love and Balance". Also for loneliness, loss, heartache, fear, insecurities, inner-child issues, abuse and incest. Helps self-forgiveness, deservingness and trust issues, spiritual and self-love, desire to live and purpose. Best worn 24 hrs. a day. Most effective for opening the hand healing Chakra. It is used in times of transition by providing comfort and support. Helps you alleviate irrational fears and paranoia. Will enhance the dream state. Rhodochrosite ...has been called a stone of love and balance.. providing balancing and love on all levels for all bodes....contains a pulsating electrical energy which emits the strongest power in the universe...the power of love. The energy of Rhodochrosite is encompassed by the presence of heavenly bodies filled with the golden sphere of light; it assists in creating new worlds for the user-worlds filled with love and dreams.  Using the stone during the meditative state, one may melt into the sphere of golden ecstasy; and encounter with ones twin soul is highly likely,, when the energy is directed.... quite useful for laying on of stone for those born under the signs of Virgo, Capricorn and Taurus.
Folk Remedies: This crystal is recommended for the Solar plexus, stomach (anxiety and emotional issues), food addictions, anorexia, asthma, eyesight (especially emotional not-seeing, to avoid pain) and thymus. Specifically used to detox/heal blood, liver, cancer. Works in the bathtub to de-stress the body. A very beneficial stone for those with asthma or other respiratory illnesses. Helps you filter out the irritants that trigger respiratory difficulty. Also purifies the circulatory system and the cleansing organs, especially the kidneys. Suggested to be used in conjunction with Malachite or Copper. Rhodochrosite is used for clearing and balancing. There is an amazing correlations between photos from the universe and stones we have in the earth itself.
Feng Shui: Rhodochrosite is used in the Southwest direction for love, relationships and partners and any area where there needs to be a shift or transition.