Within the boundaries of the EL there is also a large unmeasured, but potentially valuable rhodonite resource within the tenement. |
Fine-grained rhodonite of clean, pink colour is a desirable gem and ornamental stone. |
Chapters 2-19 describe eighteen specific traditional gemstones or families, beginning with corundum and ending with rhodonite. |
These included jasper, bowenite, rhodonite, rock crystal, agate, aventurine, quartz, lapis, lazuli andjade. |
Interesting thin plates of silver coating rhodonite and diopside in massive galena are reported from the mines at Garpenberg, Sweden. |
Apart from precious stones, the luxurious materials tend to be lapis, nephrite, malachite, agate, citrine, quartzite, bowenite, rhodonite and other minerals mined in Siberia, the Caucasus and the Urals. |