This pink Rhodonite specimen has a thick section of Rhodonite throughout the matrix. What is stunning and surprising, though, is the sharp willemite vein cutting across the rock in a bed of calcite!   Comes with a Franklin Mineral Museum label.

UV Photos # 1, 3, 5, and 6 were taken in Shortwave UV.  This rock also shows interesting colors in Midwave UV (Photo #7) and Longwave UV (Photos # 8 and 9).  The blue fluorescence seen in the UV Photos is VERY MINOR and VERY faint, if seen at all. 

According to the Franklin Mineral Museum, this rock was collected/donated by John Heller, and the rock comes with a Franklin Mineral Museum label.  This rock weighs 10.2 ounces (291 g), and measures approximately 3.25 inches X 3.00 inches x 1.25 inches (8.1 cm x 7.4 cm x 3.0 cm).

(Note that there are some small spots of deep red on the surface which can be scraped off with a pin and are not a mineral.  I left them there for you because they will glow bright red under a powerful Longwave UV flashlight, but they are easily removed with a pin if you so desire.  I suspect this was some identification paint used by Mr. Heller.)

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