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Pink chalcedony noduleLocale: Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo, New Mexico Approx size: 1. 75" Approx weight: 38g Pink chalcedony nodules, sometimes called "chalcedony desert roses," have been discovered across the southwest. They were prolific from this locale back in the 1990s, but today are much harder to come byat least with any size or quality. The material is known for its strong UV reaction and undulating ropy, botryoidal forms. Pink chalcedony often grows shapes like a

appearing broken and messy

the N'Chwaning mines were established to extract the rich manganese ore in the area

This small near-round specimen has a nice light pink coloration and good translucency in the top layers

On this piece

blends into white and brown aragonite

Purple Rain specimens typically appear a murky dark purple-gray color under incandescent light (indoor lighting)

If you look closely the gray-appearing surface is covered with criss-crossing dark green crystals

UV reactivity The calcite on this piece will fluoresce and phosphoresce moderately well under 365nm UV light

The wulfenite crystals are flat or pseudo-cubic square tablets

showing some crystals change color as they grow

The name 'feldspar' actually historically originates from people observing flashes off cleaved pieces of the mineral in their fields: 'feld-' is 'field' while 'spar' was a term for rocks that easily broke along flat planes (cleaved) and had a shiny luster

This specimen has been inexpertly repaired from at least three pieces

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