This is a incredible rare piece of rhodonite in the deepest beautiful red you can imagine. This piece was found after seeing hundreds of booths at the Tucson gem show we saw nothing else of this quality. This piece has excellent red color it does have some inclusions as rhodonite usually does. Rhodonite is a manganese inosilicate it often has black manganese running g through it however this piece does not making it a even higher quality piece. Rhodonite hardness is only 5.5-6 making it better suited for a pendant. This piece is extremely rare and beautiful. This stone is 4.68ct and 14.25x7.24mm