Pink chalcedony nodule Vanadinite The small dark spheres included

The small dark spheres included inside the crystal and dotting the surface may be goethite or hedenbergite

With dolomite snowflakes

Bumblebee jasper is not a true jasper

The spheres are textured and near-opaque with light near-white color

the white quartz layer fluoresces white and the calcite has a strong orange-red reaction with phosphorescence

Pink chalcedony nodule Vanadinite The small dark spheres includedLocale: 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