Rhodonite contains a large amount of manganese, which gives it a bright pink color. If it contains iron, that part of the stone may turn reddish-brown or even black due to oxidization.

Rhodonite is a powerful stone that corresponds to the heart chakra. It helps to eliminate doubts, confusion, and mistrust from our minds and thoughts, enabling us to see situations clearly and stay calm while building confidence. Rhodonite is a stone of change and can help us make the right decisions when entering new phases of life. It is also a stone of love, helping us to strengthen our relationships and eliminate negative influences. Rhodonite is an excellent talisman for students, relieving exam stress and promoting a calm and focused mind, and can also assist those with difficulty in reading. Rhodonite is particularly suited to lovers experiencing difficulties in their relationship, and is also useful for those in long-term unequal relationships, promoting balance and improving overall relationships.

Rhodonite is found mainly in Germany’s Harz Mountains, as well as the United States, Australia, Romania, Brazil, the former Soviet Union’s Ural Mountains, Sweden, Mexico, Japan, South Africa, and Tanzania. Famous locations for Rhodonite include Plainfield in Massachusetts, Langban in Sweden, Sverdlovsk in the Ural Mountains, and Broken Hill in New South Wales, Australia.

Lastly, have you noticed that many crystal and mineral names end in “nite”? This sound is pronounced like “light,” which signifies the importance of light and its inseparable connection to spirituality in these stones.

薔薇輝石/玫瑰石

薔薇輝石中含有大量錳元素，所以能形成鮮艷的粉紅色的色澤，如果含有鐵元素，則該部分則會轉為紅褐色甚至是氧化錳的黑色。

薔薇輝石(Rhodonite)是一種很強大的對應心輪石，有助於消除人們心中、思想中的懷疑、迷惑、不信任的迷障，能夠看清狀況，並保持冷靜，建立信心。她掌握變化，能幫助我們在人生新階段作出正確的決定，她也是愛情石，使我們的愛情更堅貞，也教我們消除愛的負面影響。她也是學生的護身符，可解除學生的考試壓力、需要心境平靜和精神集中的時候很有效用，對誦讀困難的人也有幫助。薔薇輝石很適合感情中出現裂痕的情侶。除了修補情侶的愛情以外，薔薇輝石也很適合長期處於不平等戀愛關係中的人，有助改善兩者平衡。

薔薇輝石在世界各地薔薇輝石主要產於德國的哈茨山脈、美國、澳大利亞、羅馬尼亞、巴西、前蘇聯的烏拉爾、瑞典、墨西哥、日本、南非和坦桑尼亞等國家。世界著名的產地有美國麻薩諸塞州（Plainifield）、瑞典的Langban、俄羅斯Ural山脈的Sverdlovsk、澳大利亞NewSouthWales的BrokenHill。

最後，有否察覺到很多水晶礦石的英文名字都有nite以作尾，這發音就是light，即是光，所以在靈性上，水晶礦石和光有不可分割的關係。