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Hmm, yeah. The clearest answer I could find for green emitted from pink was manganese. Chatting with the geologist, I was told the most likely pink candidate to be hanging out with quartz was rhodochrocite and that the green glow was possibly the remnants of the solubles that bore the rhodochrosite... but I don't know. Maybe I'm not as confident in my identification as I thought I was. 😂
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Globe99 1w ago

Yeah trying to remember gen chem flame test, Mn might be right... Maybe something with Cu? 🤔

Would need to see an emission spectrum to be sure.. Or I guess scrape off some and have it sent for ICP-MS if you're really curious..

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Dawn 1w ago

I'm definitely not curious enough to go scratching out samples. It was a gift & it's very pretty.

I do have a cheap Geiger counter, though. I don't know if it's sensitive enough for this small of an area, but it picks up on K-spar granite just fine. If I get a chance over the weekend, I'll dig it out of the ol' apocalypse box and report back.