Mineral: Quartz (variety rose quartz)
Locality: Huancayo Province, Junín Department, Peru
Dimensions: 46 mm x 25 mm x 17 mm

Description: Unusual fan-shaped growths on matrix of translucent lustrous and deep pink quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but rather inherent to the quartz itself. (2020)

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