Collection: Rhodochrosite

Raw Rhodochrosite Jewelry, Handmade in Japan

Explore TROZO's raw rhodochrosite ear cuffs — each built around a real, uncut rhodochrosite rather than a cut and polished stone. Many are set in sterling silver. Every piece is handmade in Japan, and as one-of-a-kind raw stone it is truly unique.

Rhodochrosite (also called Inca Rose) is a manganese carbonate, MnCO₃, trigonal (R3̄c), Mohs 3.5–4. Its vivid rose-to-crimson comes from divalent manganese (Mn²⁺), and the name joins the Greek *rhodon* (rose) and *chrōs* (color). The stalactitic banded specimens of the Capillitas mine in Argentina were named the national stone in 2002, and the clear red rhombohedra of the Sweet Home Mine in Colorado the state mineral the same year. A carbonate kin of malachite and azurite — a rose woven by manganese rather than copper, wrapped in Inca legend.

TROZO works every rhodochrosite unpolished, setting it so its natural colour and form lead the design — handmade in Japan, and no two raw stones alike.