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Pink chalcedony noduleLocale: Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo, New Mexico Approx size: 2" Approx weight: 52g 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 nest,

known as schorl

but I suspect many of the breaks are natural based on how few intact pieces I have ever seen

meaning it broke but someone recompiled and glued it back together

this piece has well-formed crystals with beautiful geometry

and in cracks on the sides

to be polished into tumbles

creating beautiful tones

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

leaving some hollow between layers

These arches are originally created by drilling a hole through a chunk of sandstone and sandblasting the material into a smoothed arch

These minerals have only been found in Western Sahara

though the two terms are often used interchangeably