Miserite

Miserite, a mineral named after noted geologist Hugh Dinsmore Miser. This specimen of pinkish-rose miserite (a complex potassium calcium double-chain silicate) with orange-fluorescing wollastonite (a single-chain calcium inosilicate) was mined near Hot Springs (Garland County).

stone on reflective surface

Courtesy of Alan Guisewite