Today's #MinCup23 vote has my favorite: Rhodochrosite!
There's a legend from South Tyrol about King Laurin's Rose Garden. (That part of the Dolomites is actually called Rosengarten).
The legend tells about a Dwarf king who falls in love with a human woman and elopes with her. However, her human relatives decide she must have been kidnapped, and mount a rescue mission.
King Laurin has a famous rose garden in the mountains, planted in honor of a daughter he lost.
The story is quite long, and it is part of the King Dietrich legend cycle. I blogged about it extensively:
http://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2016/10/epic-lovers-reunite.html
Basically it is a story of cultures clashing, prejudice, revenge, regret, and reconciliation. The human knights trample King Laurin's rose garden, and get into a battle with the king defending his honor and his property. The story unfolds from here, but the point is, I always imagined King Laurin's kingdom full of rhodochrosite roses...
@TarkabarkaHolgy These 2 posts swayed me to rhodochrosite in MinCup when not v. interested b4, and now finally had the chance to click thru to the link.
Thanks for the story in general, making me want an opera about King Laurin, but not knowing the details to even consider writing anything such.
Possibly bc took to a Mime just recently. 
https://retro.pizza/@ElysiaMacht/111001414064751520
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