Dolomite snowflake (dolomite ps. after aragonite) Inner Mongolian quartz cementing it all together with

cementing it all together with sedimentary debris

visible through the pink chalcedony (in the botryoidal form just to the left of my thumbnail)

One end of the epidote is covered with an opaque cream-colored mineral I suspect is orthoclase feldspar

meaning the tip has not grown larger than the rest of the crystal

The backside is streaky with near-opaque green and brown inclusions that make it look similar to petrified wood

Dolomite snowflake (dolomite ps. after aragonite) Inner Mongolian quartz cementing it all together withLocale: Roswell, New Mexico Approx dimensions: 2. 25 x 1. 5" Approx weight: 225g These unusual pseudomorphs of dolomite after aragonite have earned the name snowflake because of their hexagonal shape which is often striated to give the mineral an appearance like a chunky snowflake. Pseudomorph means the mineral initially grew as aragonite, and then through geological processes the aragonite was replaced with dolomite. The new mineral will retain the