{"product_id":"pink-quartz-peru-1","title":"Pink Quartz, Peru","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMinerals:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pink Quartz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLocality: \u003c\/strong\u003eHuancayo District, Huancayo Province, Junín Department Peru\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e37mm x 30mm x 23mm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight: \u003c\/strong\u003e17.7g\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis unusual pink quartz from Huancayo first appeared on the international mineral market around 2020, with some of the earliest examples presented as a novelty at Tucson Virtual in 2021. Even then, the exact mine was not publicly known, and that part of the story remains somewhat unresolved. Further examples appeared through 2021 and 2022, but the material has never become commonplace, and good specimens with defined form remain particularly difficult to find.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe colour is one of the things that makes this material so interesting. It's distinctly different from the more familiar appearance of rose quartz, with a softer pastel colouring running through individual crystals rather than presenting as massive pink quartz. We have had material from this find lab tested ourselves, with manganese and iron detected among the trace elements associated with the colour.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is one of the better miniatures we've seen from the find, with two beautifully defined floral starburst clusters perched on matrix. A lot of the Huancayo material we have encountered is attractive in colour but comparatively loose or indistinct in form, whereas these two clusters are wonderfully resolved, almost like tiny mineral fireworks, with individual crystals radiating outward in a very clear pattern.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Liminal Stone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67622045024388,"sku":"I-116","price":125.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/1815\/4628\/files\/D3CC44DE-D1B5-4EAA-8C8F-221EE0A49786.jpg?v=1791419999","url":"https:\/\/www.theliminalstone.com\/products\/pink-quartz-peru-1","provider":"The Liminal Stone","version":"1.0","type":"link"}