Spodumene

Origin: Hiddenite, Alexander Co., North Carolina, U.S.A.

Owner: Lou Perloff

Microscopic image

 

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Variety kunzite

Origin: Pala Chief mine, Pala, San Diego Co., California

Owner: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Sample size: 5.5 cm high

 

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Pink coloured and etched spodume

Origin: Pala Chief mine, Pala, San Diego Co., California, USA

Sample size: 3 x 3 x 2 cm

 

Strongly etched crystal

Origin: Cuyete, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 6 x 3 x 2 cm

 

"kunzite"

Origin: Urucum mine, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 6 x3 x 2 cm

 

     

 

     

'kunzite'

Origin: Beebe Hole, Jacumba, California, USA

Sample size: top 7 x 3 x 2 cm, bottom 6 x 3 x 2.5 cm

 

  

Origin: Nuristan, Afghanistan

Sample size: 6.5 x 3 x 1.5 cm

 

  

Yellowish, translucent etched crystal

Origin: Cuyete, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Ex. Erling Collection

Sample size: 6 x 3 x 2 cm

 

  

The photos appear a little dull however the colour is a nice faint green. The crystal itself is terminated to a knife edge point. It's also translucent as is the smoky quartz base.

Origin: Darrah Pech, Kunar Province, Afghanistan

Sample size: 5.5 x 4 x 3 cm

 

 

Variety kunzite

Origin: Mawi, Laghman Province, Afghanistan

Sample size: 7.5 x 3 x 2 cm (top), 7.5 x 3 x 2 cm (bottom)

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Spodumene under LW-UV light

Origin: Kunar, Afghanistan

Owner: Axel Emmermann

 

The activator of the orange-pink fluorescence is possibly manganese. The lilac-violet fluorescence in other parts of the crystal remains to be explained but maybe caused by rare earth elements. Stereo photo taken under short wave UV.

Origin: Haapauluoma, Finland

Owner: Axel Emmermann

 

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Variety kunzite

Origin: White Queen Mine, Pala, San Diego County, California, U.S.A.

Sample size: 5 x 3 x 2.25 cm (left), 6 x 2 x 2 cm (right)

 

     

Kunzite

Origin: White Queen Mine, Pala, San Diego County, California
ex. Bill and Carol Smith Collection

Sample size: 5 x 2.75 x 2.25 cm

 

  

Kunzite

Origin: Urucum Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Sample size: 6 x 6 x 4.5 cm

 

 

Origin: Pech, Nuristan, Afghanistan

Sample size: 7 x 4 x 3.5 cm

 

     

"Kunzite"

Origin: Elizabeth R. Mine, Chief Mountain, Pala Distr, San Diego Co, California, U.S.A.

Sample size: 7.6 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm

 

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Origin: Maharatra, Madagascar

Sample size: 12 x 3 x 50 mm

 

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