I found this in 2004 at Ft. Leonard Wood, MO, though I don’t recall exactly where on base.
A friend who collects rocks had me do some basic testing on it because she wasn’t sure either- she even suspected it was painted or dyed (like aquarium rocks). We scratched it on glass and it scratched the glass with zero damage or change in color to the rock. We then scratched it over a steel file and it scratched the steel file without any damage or color change to the rock. We scratched it on some porcelain and it didn’t seem to leave any streaks/powder. It is not magnetic.
I’m suspecting this could be “Mozarkite” but am not sure… I know it comes in pink but I can’t find a single example of this exact color… or even anything similar. The shades of pink all seem more of the typical pale pinks.
The texture is smooth. It does have some very fine glittery-ness to it (for want of a better term) when under a bright light. The back is white- I wrote on it and blocked out a name for the picture. Back in 2004 I used a pink permanent marker and wrote “X’s MO Rock…” 22 years later and the word “Rock” kinda faded to look more like “Back.” Not sure if that matters.
Any ideas? Is this just an uncommon shade of pink “Mozarkite?” I appreciate any info!