1.   Deep in the red earth, the petals of a rose rock poke through a clump of Oklahoma sandstone.

2.   He says rose rocks run in veins.

3.   Nancy Stine also spends her days at the tiny museum, teaching visitors about rose rocks and tidying up the shelves of red dirt T-shirts and American Indian Art.

4.   Redwine, who digs in a secret location near Slaughterville, has his own way of extolling the virtues of rose rocks.

5.   Redwine, who sells packages of red dirt that once covered his rose rocks, has been digging for more than a decade.

6.   Some geologists believe rose rocks might still be forming.

7.   The legend is printed on the packaging of rose rock earrings, necklaces and refrigerator magnets, but American Indians say the legend is not theirs.