Weight includes setting in silver*
Stones vary in shape, color, size, and consistency from piece to piece.
Setting may also vary.

Color / features:
Bright red, hot pink, light pink, orange red, brown, or gray
May be banded with different shades of pink
Ranges from transparent to translucent to opaque
Has a pearly finish
Crystal shapes include square to sharply terminated, rounded botryoidal shapes, stalagmites and stalactites, and rose shapes

Applications:
Worn on the body, placed on key energy centers during treatments, used for massage, placed in the living environment, spray as an elixir

Function(s):
For relatively acute conditions, moves and dilates conditions, breaks up stagnation, strengthens immune system, opens portals to expand consciousness,

Five Elements Affinity:
Warming

Organ / Body Affinity:
Heart, Kidney, Liver

Meridian Affinity: 
HT/LR
Sinew Channels
Luo Channels

Crystal Structure / Sacred Geometry:
Trigonal

Chemical Composition:
Manganese carbonate
MnCO3
Often includes traces of iron and calcium (causing the white color)
Can include magnesium, zinc, cobalt, and cadmium

Level of Formation / Strata and Effect:
Igneous/Yuan
Metamorphic/Ying
Sedimentary/Wei

Cautions:
Potentially contains cadmium or cobalt . Use a potentiated quartz crystal in an elixir.