Spodumene

     

Hiddenite

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

Sample size: 2.8 x .04 x 0.4 cm

 

     

Kunzite with stilbite

     

 

     

Kunzite

     

Spodumene with quartz

     

Kunzite

  

Origin: Pech, Kunar Province, Nuristan, Afghanistan

Sample size: 18.1 x 9.2 x 2.7 cm (top/2nd row), 19.5 x 11.1 x 4 cm (3rd row), 11.6 x 3.9 x 3.5 cm (4th row), 12.9 x 4.5 x 2.4 (5th row), 12.1 x 2.7 x 1.6 cm (6th row), 29 x 4.6 x 2.5 cm (bottom)

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

Origin: Tin Mountain Pegmatite, Black Hills, South Dakota, U.S.A. 

Sample size: 5 x 6 cm

 

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