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Pink chalcedony noduleLocale: Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo, New Mexico Approx size: 1. 5" Approx weight: 33g 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

the tops of crystals that aligned in parallel fans

Locality: Northern Morocco

but later phases of growth (“second generation”) don’t contain hematite inclusions and are white

There are three larger modified rhombohedral crystals perched atop

I put a few pieces I broke into my tanks and the isopods have enjoyed climbing them

The 'craters' pockmarking the surface create an unusual moonscape appearance—or maybe more Mars-scape with the flat red color of the piece

some material can phosphoresce for several minutes

The translucent material at the top of this piece has strong UV reaction

Studied closely

including chrysanthemum

This piece of garden quartz has coppery brick red and green inclusions

and often grow in hydrothermal environments)