*from Taquaral, Itina, Minas Gerais, Brazil. * 322 x 25 x 23 mm overall.
It's much pinker in person. The color appears to have been washed out in the photos.
Pink/rose quartz occurs in well-formed crystals of similar color are euhedral rose quartz. Because of the substantial differences in the physical properties and causes of color from just rose quartz, has been suggested to give the variety of pink-colored quartz that forms crystals the name "pink quartz. Basically, this is not the rough rose quartz. There is a distinct difference. (from Mindat.org)
