A beautiful stone possessing blends of pink, reddish, purple and earthy-brown hues complimented by intrusions of stark black, rhodonite is a stone found in a few places in New Zealand, and has high regard both here and internationally as an inexpensive jewellery stone. This piece of rhodonite was found in the Akatore area near Dunedin, Otago.
 
Measuring in at 51mm long and 47mm wide, this stone's markings are a positive patchwork of pinks, browns and greys, with pink predominating and the occasional vein of white setting off the combination overall. A complex piece for a person of complex tastes.