Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

Chalcedony from Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo Co, New Mexico, USA.

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

A gorgeous, undulating light lavender chalcedony specimen, like a flower cupped in the matrix. In back, it looks for all the world as if the chalcedony has formed in a fossil shell, though I cannot swear to it. It certainly appears to be the case, with the shell forming a natural vug for the chalcedony deposition. Fluoresces bright green. 6.5 x ...

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

A large chalcedony quartz nodule with a gray to pink color. Fluoresces bright green under UV illumination. This is one of the largest specimens I have seen from this find. No damage. Overall size of mineral specimen: 11x9x6 cm. Size of individual crystals: .

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

In the early to mid 1990's these Chalcedony nodules were quite abundant, but that didn't last that long. While you can occasionally still see these specimens for sale, you really have to look hard to find one that looks even halfway decent. Besides its aesthetic look, this Chalcedony exhibits a stunning, intense green fluorescence.

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

A curiously formed example of pink Chalcedony that was once abundant in the mid 1990's. As far as I know nothing new has been found at this location for quite some time. This cavernous specimen is among the better examples found at this location. Another neat feature of this specimen is it's intense apple-green fluorescence.

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

Very nice specimen of chalcedony, pale pink on the wavy edge and grayish on the inside, with fragments of matrix on the back of the piece. Highly fluorescent UV. Finding: about 2010 Overall piece size: 13.5 x 8.0 x 5.0 cm Mauro Rapazzini private collection.

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

A really beautifully grown chalcedony aggregate. Specimen size 7.9 x 4.7 x 3.8 cm. See second image. Christian Bracke Collection.

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

Specimen of pale pink, white-gray chalcedony. Fluoresces bright apple-green color under UV illumination more on the wavy edge. Finding: about 2012 Overall piece size: 8.5 x 7.0 x 6.5 cm Mauro Rapazzini private collection.

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

9.9 x 8.0 x 5.2 cm. A fabulously formed example of banded pink chalcedony that was once abundant in the mid 1990's. Very little has been found at this location for quite some time. This cavernous and aesthetic specimen is among the better examples found at this location. Another interesting feature of this specimen is its intense, two-toned, ...

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

Chalcedony Grey to pale brown, smooth Chalcedony rose on white to pale brown siliceous matrix. The pale brown sections around the base of the specimen fluoresces bright green under UV illumination.

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

10.4 x 9.0 x 6.0 cm. Beautiful, banded, translucent, pastel-pink and flesh-pink chalcedony rims the strikingly sculptural vug lined with bubbly, botryoidal light lavender and cream-colored chalcedony. Banded chalcedony geodes were once fairly common from this less well-known New Mexico locale in the mid 1990's. Very little has been found at this ...

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

Pearly chalcedony "flower". K. Nash specimen and photo.

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

Chalcedony from the Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo Co., NM, U.S. Specimen measures approximately 13.4 x 10.1 cm.

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

A 3.6 by 3.3 cms mass in the shape of a bowl. JSS specimen and photo.

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

10.4 x 9.0 x 6.0 cm. Striking banded chalcedony geodes were once fairly common from this less well-known New Mexico locale in the mid 1990's. Very little has been found at this location for quite some time. Beautiful, banded, translucent, pastel-pink and flesh-pink chalcedony rims the sculptural vug lined with bubbly, botryoidal light lavender and ...

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

9.8 x 7.0 x 3.0 cm. A fabulously formed nodule of light lavender and tan chalcedony with the two circular forms looking just like rose blossoms. Specimens from this obscure locality have been periodically available, but none since the mid 1990s. The sculptural quality is striking and beautiful, but the intense, psychedelic fluorescence is ...

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

In the early to mid 1990's these Chalcedony nodules were quite abundant, but that didn't last that long. While you can occasionally still see these specimens for sale, you really have to look hard to find one that looks even halfway decent. Besides its aesthetics this Chalcedony exhibits a stunning, intense green fluorescence.

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

The samples are 5 cm x 4 cm and 3 cm x 3 cm. Two slightly pink Chalcedony "ears" weathered from a volcanic matrix. The "ears" flouresce a very strong green in SW UV.

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

10.5 x 6.0 x 5.5 cm. Amazing, serpentine, banded, translucent, pastel-pink and flesh-pink chalcedony rims the strikingly sculptural vug that hosts a small nest of chalcedony botryoids. Banded chalcedony geodes were once fairly common from this less well-known New Mexico locale in the mid 1990's. Very little has been found at this location for ...

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

7.3 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm. A classic example of the pink/lavender chalcedony specimens from near Hidalgo, New Mexico. This piece is a beautifully shaped, translucent specimen nicely set on matrix that almost resembles something organic in its form. The piece is really showy and has an almost waxy luster on the exterior. Fine green fluorescence.

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

Chalcedony from the Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo Co., NM, U.S. Specimen measures approximately 13.4 x 10.1 cm.

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

A surreal sculptural large double chalcedony geode with an unusual rind from New Mexico. Pastel-pink banding dramatically frames the fantastically different shaped geodes lined with ropy and botryoidal powder-blue and bone-white chalcedony. Banded chalcedony geodes were once fairly common from this less well-known New Mexico locale in the mid ...

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

photo: Stefan Koch

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

Stunning lime-green fluorescence on this sculptural large chalcedony geode from New Mexico. The powder-blue botryoids in the vug are dramatically surrounded by the gray and blue banded chalcedony and the geode rind. Banded chalcedony geodes were once fairly common from this less well-known New Mexico locale in the mid 1990s. Very little has been ...

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

Chalcedony from Yankee Dog Claim in Hidalgo, New Mexico. Bryan Davis collection and photo.

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

Chalcedony Rose

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

Chalcedony from Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo Co, New Mexico, USA.

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

A really beautifully grown chalcedony aggregate. Specimen size 7.9 x 4.7 x 3.8 cm. See second image. Christian Bracke Collection.

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

Pearly chalcedony "flower". K. Nash specimen and photo.

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

Chalcedony Grey to pale brown, smooth Chalcedony rose on white to pale brown siliceous matrix. The pale brown sections around the base of the specimen fluoresces bright green under UV illumination.

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

Chalcedony from the Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo Co., NM, U.S. Specimen measures approximately 13.4 x 10.1 cm.

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

A 3.6 by 3.3 cms mass in the shape of a bowl. JSS specimen and photo.

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

In the early to mid 1990's these Chalcedony nodules were quite abundant, but that didn't last that long. While you can occasionally still see these specimens for sale, you really have to look hard to find one that looks even halfway decent. Besides its aesthetics this Chalcedony exhibits a stunning, intense green fluorescence.

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

Quartz (Var: Chalcedony)

Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

The samples are 5 cm x 4 cm and 3 cm x 3 cm. Two slightly pink Chalcedony "ears" weathered from a volcanic matrix. The "ears" flouresce a very strong green in SW UV.