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Rose quartz

For centuries, the delicate pink color of this stone has

reminded poets and rock collectors of the dawn and

of love.

As the name indicates, this is a kind of quartz. Unlike many

other quartz minerals, though, this kind is not a product of hot

waters deep in the Earth. Rather, it comes from glowing-hot molten rock. Some

regions have this kind of stone in vast abundance. In Sri Lanka, there is an entire hill

made of rose quartz, and Namibia has a rose quartz mountain.

Mookaite

This stone is usually an intense red in

color, and often displays variations in

color reminiscent of clouds. While it

is little-known in much of the world,

it has been treasured for millennia

by Australian Aborigines. In fact,

its name comes from a Western

Australian river called the Mooka.

In the language of the original

inhabitants, “mooka” means "flowing

water" — a real treasure in the dry

Australian desert.

Desert

rose

This formation,

reminiscent of a

blooming rose, also comes

from the desert. It forms in places

where mineral-rich water or dew

gradually seeped through the

ground and evaporated at the hot

surface. The minerals (usually

gypsum) remained behind and

became stuck together with grains

of sand, forming

petal-like shapes

with a rough

surface. Some can

be several meters

in size. Unlike your

other minerals,

the desert rose is

soluble in water.

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