Spodumene

  
  
Kunzite
  
Triphane
Origin: Mawi, Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan
Sample size: 11.3 x 8 x 3.4 cm (top/2nd row), 11.2 x 6.1 x 2.6 cm (3rd/bottom row)
 
  
  
ex. Joseph Freilich, Matthew Webb Collections
     
 
     
Bi-coloured spodumene
Origin: Pech, Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan
Sample size: 12.8 x 7 x 6.9 cm (top/2nd row), 7.2 x 4.4 x 2.3 cm (3rd/4th row), 16.5 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm (5th/6th/bottom row)
 
  
  
Triphane spodumene in smoky quartz
Origin: Pech, Ningahar Province, Afghanistan
Sample size: 7.9 x 4.3 x 4.0 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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