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Pink chalcedony noduleLocale: Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo, New Mexico Approx size: 2" Approx weight: 76g 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. Pink chalcedony often forms shapes like a nest, cup, or knobby "ear" with raised curved rims of snaking banding. 'Agate' refers to

it appears as two pert semi-perfect spheres

reaction stronger in larger crystals

with lower clarity due to natural inclusions

" Thick lava-like ropy banding create the raised cup of chalcedony with a hollow interior

and this piece—like pyrite—does not seem to

as seen in the initial surface detail image (featuring Option C)

The pink chalcedony is thick

It grows sculptural angular points with nice striations like this triangular piece

The pseudo-hexagonal crystals grow similar to the arms of its namesake snowflake

Where stalactites have broken you can see a pinpoint of a dark

Under magnification they appear to be intersecting rhombs of calcite

and a grotesque off-brown version on the other side