Compassionate

Soft pink calcite that eases what it touches — feeling that lands as relief.

Mangano Calcite · The Law of Passion

Family: Calcite coloured by manganese
Hardness: 3 on the Mohs scale — easily marked
Colour: Pale rose, translucent, banded in white
Signature: Fluoresces pink under ultraviolet light

The stone read as the word

Mangano calcite is soft enough to scratch with a coin and it glows under black light — a stone that gives up its own hardness and still gives off light. Carvers use it for pieces meant to be handled.

Compassion is to suffer with, and its test is easing. A woman may feel a great deal and ease nothing; this stone eases by being touchable.

What it is carried for

Carried to make a hard hour lighter for somebody else.
Held when feeling must turn into relief, not sentiment.