Entry № 292
Nevada Rose
Rhyolite with fluorite
A desert stone flowering in pink.
Chakra
Heart · Root
Element
Earth · Fire
Zodiac
Taurus · Aries

I. The Metaphysical Reading
How the stone has been held.
Nevada rose is worked with as a stone of quiet joy, self-love, and unhurried heart-opening. Its flower-like patterns are read as a reminder that even arid ground can bloom in the right season.
- Chakra
- Heart · Root
- Element
- Earth · Fire
- Zodiac
- Taurus · Aries
- Keynote
- A desert stone flowering in pink.
II. The Scientific Reading
What the lattice actually does.
Nevada rose is a trade name for a pink rhyolite from Nevada that carries small fluorite inclusions and feldspar phenocrysts arranged in blossom-like clusters. It formed from silica-rich volcanic ash flows that later underwent low-temperature mineralization.
- Formula
- SiO₂ + K/Na-feldspar + CaF₂
- System
- Trigonal / monoclinic / isometric composite
- Hardness
- 5 – 6.5 (Mohs)
- Provenance
- USA (Nevada)
References & Sources
Independent mineralogical references used to verify the scientific details above.
Mineral Profile
Fact Sheet
- Chemical Formula
- SiO₂ + K/Na-feldspar + CaF₂
- Crystal System
- Trigonal / monoclinic / isometric composite
- Mohs Hardness
- 5 – 6.5 (Mohs)
- Density
- 2.40 – 2.60 g/cm³
- Refractive Index
- 1.480 – 1.540
- Provenance
- USA (Nevada)
- Color Origin
- Rose pink rhyolite with cream and floral inclusions
Related Crystals
Stones that share this lattice
Next in the Atlas
Nguni Jasper
The hide of the sacred herd, in stone.




