Although rhodochrosite is found in many different localities,
only a few supply the compact material which is used as an
ornamental stone. It is commonly found in the form of
stalactites and stalagmites in the caves of Argentina. Its use
as an ornamental stone began just before the commencement of
World War II, when a quantity of this stone came from San Luis
in Argentina. The deposit from which it came was said to have
been found in a long-disused mine situated on a mountain fissure
at a high altitude, which was reputedly worked by the Incas for
silver and copper during the thirteenth century. The Incas, who
called it Inca Rose, believed that rhodochrosite is the blood of
their former kings and queens / that was turned to stone.
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