Its name comes from the Greek words for pink and color, named because most of this stone comes in one of the shades of pink.

Rhodochrosite represents selfless love and compassion. It is a wonderful stone to use when working with the Heart Chakra and relationships. Those dealing with loss will find a deep love within this stone. Comforting and positive, Rhodochrosite helps to bring repressed emotions to the surface to be acknowledged, addressed, and released, allowing for much personal growth to take place. Rhodochrosite aids in self-forgiveness and self-love.

Rhodochrosite is also good for clearing the Root and Solar Plexus Chakras, improving self-worth, attracting love, and relieving emotional stress. Use Rhodochrosite in meditation to relax the diaphragm for full, deep breathing. Rhodochrosite can help those stuck in any phase of the grief process, by clearing out negative vibrations from the middle chakras. Meditating with Rhodochrosite can connect one to the Divine mind, allowing one to see the purpose behind negative experiences.

Many people work with Rhodochrosite to bring much-needed love into the world. This stone is often used for repairing the subtle bodies and for reclaiming lost gifts. In this latter capacity, one can work with Rhodochrosite to bring about the healing of past events that have caused the breakdown of one's self-confidence and self-knowledge to the point where personal gifts have been given up, in favor of living in "survival mode“. Once these past issues are healed, it becomes easier for the person to remember their gifts and their true purpose for this incarnation.

Physically, Rhodochrosite heals the heart, adjusts imbalances in the circulatory and nervous systems, relieves migraines, and clears up infections. Keep Rhodochrosite in the bedroom to help with sexual issues.

Meditate with Pink Rhodochrosite, to help you to reach a state of sublime happiness, and make contact with the golden light. It will help you to bring through the intense joy that this enables.
This is a very attractive and unusual pink stone, and these lovely stones are on of the zodiac birthstone list. So it will be easy to find it made into attractive pieces of jewelry.

Physical and Metaphysical Properties for

PROPERTIES FOR STONE: Rhodochrosite

PRIMARY CHAKRA: Heart-Chakra

CRYSTAL SYSTEM: Trigonal-Crystal-System

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION: MnCO3 Manganese Carbonate

ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Leo-(July-23-to-August-22), Scorpio-(October-23-to-November-21)

NUMERICAL VIBRATION: Number-4

HARDNESS: 3.5-to-4-Hardness

COLOR: Pink

LOCATION: Argentina, Peru, Russia, Uruguay

RARITY: Common

PRONUNCIATION: roh-duh-KROH-sahyt

MINERAL CLASS: Carbonates

ISSUES AND AILMENTS (PHYSICAL): Aging-Process, Asthma, Autoimmune-Disorders, Bladder-Problems, Blood-Pressure-Regulation, Cancer, Circulatory-Problems, Colon-Disorders-and-Health, Eating-Disorders, Eye-Disorders-and-Infections, Headache-and-Migraine-Relief, Herpes, Infection, Kidney-Disorders-and-Health, Lungs, Memory-Health, Nail-Diseases-and-Disorders, Ovarian-Cancer, Prostate-Health, Reproductive-Organs, Respiratory-Health, Thyroid-Balance-and-Health, Veins

ISSUES AND AILMENTS (EMOTIONAL): Anxiety, Calming, Compassion, Creativity-and-Creative-Expression, Denial, Eases-Depression, Emotional-Awareness, Emotional-Balance, Emotional-Pain, Fear, Forgiveness, Kindness, Letting-Go, Love, Passion, Positivity-and-Optimism, PTSD, Reducing-Stress-or-Tension, Relationships, Self-Acceptance, Self-Confidence-and-Self-Worth, Sexual-Abuse, Truth

ISSUES AND AILMENTS (SPIRITUAL): Amplifying, Aura-Cleansing-and-Clearing, Balancing-Yin-Energy, Cosmic-Awareness-and-Consciousness, Divine-Love/Connection/Guidance, Dream-Interpretation-and-Recall, Heart-Chakra, Soulmate, Unconditional-Love

EXTRA GRADE: Beautiful pink color with minimal white banding, translucent, < 10% matrix

A GRADE: Nice pink color with some white banding, partially translucent, < 10% - 25% matrix

B GRADE: Poor pink color with lots of white banding, opaque, and/or > 25% matrix

AFFIRMATION: My spirit grows as I treat myself and others with loving compassion.

QUESTION: How do you treat yourself kindly?

REFERENCE 1: http://www.healingcrystals.com/Deer_Animal_Totem_Articles_12677.html