Spodumene

  
Kunzite on feldspar
  
Kunzite with tourmaline
Origin: Darrah Pech, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
Sample size: 5.5 x 4.5 x 2.6 cm (top), 4.4 x 4.0 x 3.1 cm (2nd/bottom row)
 
  
  
Kunzite on quartz
Origin: Nuristan, Afghanistan
Sample size: 4.2 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm
 
  
Very pale kunzite
Origin: Pech, Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan
Sample size: 3.5 x 3 x 2 cm (top/2nd row), 17.3 x 2 x 0.8 cm (bottom)
 
  
Kunzite on cleavelandite
Origin: Mawi, Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan
Sample size: 5.6 x 5 x 4.1 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Kunzite
Origin: Resplendor Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America
Ex - Dan Balan Collection
Sample size: 6.7 x 2.7 x 2 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

  
Origin: Taos Co., New Mexico, USA
Sample size: 6 x 9 x 11 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

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