Pink color rock with smoky quartz

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The pink portion is orthoclase K feldspar and the gray portion is common quartz.

These are two of the most common rocks on earth and are often found in association with one another.

Rose quartz is ordinary quartz with minute Dumortierite crystal inclusions. This is definitely not rose quartz.
 

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