Vintage Pink Rhodonite Snuff BottlePink Rhodonite is a manganese inosilicate. It often has black manganese oxide veins running through. The stone carver tried to make the best use of the pink color and only allowed the manganese veins to crisscross the bottom section giving much more room to feature the flower like formations with the occasional black spots. The best rhodonites are found in the Ural Mountains in Russia, but British Columbia yields similar quality stones. Rhodonite is

Dimension: 3

The glass bottle has an older "feel" perhaps by the way it looks

France around CE 1470

the flower

or both of them are together on a pursuit of an unknown

A bat with outstretched wings is carved on both sides

The quality of the Qilin and boy are very well done

there is a small restoration on one of the corners of the base

Dense banded specimens are often sliced and polished to bring out their beautiful coloring

especially with the way the foot is decorated like cut glass

and age is an added bonus

The bottle is well  hollowed