Spodumene

Kunzite

Origin: Beebe Hole Mine, near Jacumba, San Diego Co., California, U.S.A.

Sample size: 9.6 x 6.8 x 1.8 cm (top), 5.2 x 2.5 x 2 cm (2nd/bottom row)

Kunzite

Origin: Pala Chief Mine, San Diego Co., California, U.S.A.

Sample size: 7 x 4 x 0.8 cm (top), 5.8 x 5 x 2.5 cm (bottom)

Kunzite

Origin: Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan

Sample size: 10.6 x 3.4 x 1.5 cm

Origin: Pech, Ningahar Province, Afghanistan

Sample size: 10.3 x 2.2 x 1.1 cm

"Hiddenite"

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

Ex. Gary Hansen collection

Sample size: 1.1 x 0.4 x 0.3 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Rob Lavinsky

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Physical, chemical and crystallographic description

Optical properties/Thin sections

SEM images

TEM images

vibrational spectra description

IR spectra

Raman spectra

N-IR spectra

F-IR spectra

IES spectra