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Pink chalcedony noduleLocale: Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo, New Mexico Approx size: 1. 25" Approx weight: 21g 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

which will fluoresce under 365nm UV light

with the main chalcedony formations glowing a strong green

This piece has several good bow-ties around the sphere

I call this one the "Badonkadonk" because when flipped over

I have not been able to find info on common associates of this material) that appears to have calcite underneath

This freeform piece of garden quartz is a beautiful example of what people call "thousand layer" growth: thin parallel layers of chlorite

The different types of chlorite inclusions are colored by other trace elements to produce muted tones of green

the hyalite appearing as if it just splatted onto the matrix

Options G–H weigh 3–3

excellent clarity

This specimen is absolutely thick with hyalite

Two main faces meet at a junction down the center of the point