[Jewelry making - Article 00224] - Re: [Orchid] Pink quartz enlightenment

[Richard Davies]

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    There really is a "pink quartz" that is not the same as rose quartz.
    It is uncommon, and seems to occur in small crystals in association
    with larger smokey quartz crystals in granite pegmatites. Coromoto
    Minerals has been mining in the Mount Mica pegmatite in Maine for
    several years, and recently has published several photographs of
    pink quartz crystals on their web site.

    (http://www.coromotominerals.com/MM06OctoberDec.html) 

    They do market their finds, so it is possible that the material you
    saw came from Coromoto. 

-Dick Davies
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