What is Morning Rose Granite made of?
Morning Rose Granite is a mixture of orange/reddish feldspar, black hornblende, milky quartz, and dark/golden sparkling grains of mica. It’s a beautiful polishing decor stone and is often used in functional decor.
Where does Morning Rose Granite come from?
Morning Rose Granite is a deep rose-colored granite that is widely known to come from a quarry in Vermilion Bay, Canada. In this case, we are working with Peruvian Morning Rose Granite.
How to recognize top-quality Morning Rose Granite?
For our jewelry-grade Morning Rose Granite, we do hand-select pieces that show an even distribution of the three different colors, as well as a strong coloration and high contrast. Only the best 10% of the rough rock make it into jewelry production.
Gemrock has developed the first objective Gemstone Quality Standard for jewelry-grade Morning Rose Granite, which helps you identify top-quality material and avoid overpriced, low-grade material. Read here
Gemrock granite products are ethical crystals
Ethical Morning Rose Granite refers to granite stones that are sourced in a way that respects workers, communities, and the environment.
Here is what we do to guarantee that our Granite is ethical:
No illegal mining (therefore no child labor and no mining in protected or ecologically sensitive habitats): We are not buying granite from illegal mines. Legality of the raw material is guaranteed by payments via bank transfer, and after receiving an official invoice from the provider. Illegal miners would insist on cash payments only. By buying from legal mining operations only, we guarantee that no child labor is involved, as legal mining operations are supervised by the government and have to follow anti-child labor laws. Mining in protected areas or ecologically sensitive habitats is not allowed in Peru. By making sure we buy from legal mines, we therefore protect the environment.
No shadow-business mining: While mining concessions might be legal, they still can be shadow-business, not respecting workers’ rights, nor paying labor benefits, ignoring safety, and avoiding paying taxes. By not engaging in cash payments for our rough rock, we eliminate the opportunity for shadow business to occur. We do pay taxes whenever we buy rough rock and therefore do benefit Peruvian society in general by securing that the government has the funds for the services it provides.
No artisan shadow-business gemstone cutting: Crystal providers often promote their products as being sourced from local artisans, indicating that this would benefit local communities. Sadly, the contrary is true: In Peru, 100% of artisan lapidary workshops are shadow businesses. They get paid unreasonably low prices in cash. Artisan lapidary cutters do not work with legal labor contracts, have no health insurance, no retirement funds, no vacations, no maximum weekly labor hours, or any other labor benefits. Therefore, our Angelite gemstones are exclusively produced in-house. We are hiring our gem cutters under legal labor contracts, paying all legally required labor benefits, complying with safety laws, and providing our workers with quality gemstone cutting training and career options. We pay fair salaries that are higher than minimum salaries and get scaled upwards according to the level of training a cutter reaches. Our cutters get paid bonuses to meet quality targets and participate in the profits of the company.
We protect the environment: In Gemrock, we reduced water use in the lapidary process by over 90% by implementing water recycling measures. We recycle our garbage wherever possible. We have calculated the remaining carbon footprint of the products and engage in tree planting projects to neutralize our carbon footprint.
How to Care for Morning Rose Granite?
Granite is a hard stone and is not likely to get scratched easily. There are no special recommendations for this stone.
You cannot find the cabochon you are looking for, or you are looking for personalized professional cutting service?
Communicate directly with our cutting factory in Peru. We can help you with:
· Bulk lapidary cutting service
· Calibrated cabochon cutting
· Custom lapidary work and designer cabs from your material or our material