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a manganese carbonate that bleeds pink because it slowly devours rust from within.
national gemArgentina's official national mineral, mined by the Incas
inca roseold stalactites cut to reveal rosy banded rings
too softhardness 4 means it scratches under casual wear
color thiefmanganese gives the blush, iron muddies it brown
sweet poisonacid drips fizzy bubbles, dissolving it like chalk