Spodumene

  
Origin:  Alto Ligonha pegmatite, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique
Sample size: 4.6 x 2.1 x 9.1 cm
 
  
 
  
Ex. Don Belsher collection
Origin: Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sample size: 2 x 1.4 x 3.9 cm (top), 1.8 x 0.8 x 5 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
Variety kunzite with quartz and cleavelandite
Origin: Nuristan, Loghaman Province, Afghanistan
Sample size: 11.0 x 9.7 x 6.4 cm
 
  
 
  
Variety kunzite
Origin: Galilea, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sample size: 4.9 x 2.5 x 1.4 cm (top), 4.4 x 3.4 x 0.6 cm (bottom)
 
     
Origin: Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Pakistan
Sample size: 13.6 x 5.6 x 2.0 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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