Spodumene

Variety kunzite sitting next to a beryl, variety morganite, crystal with two tabular, silky white quartz crystals on albite

Origin: Pech, Nuristan, Afghanistan

Sample size: 14.1 x 11.9 x 7.8 cm

Variety kunzite. Ex. Steve Smale collection

Variety triphane. Ex. Gene Meieran collection

Origin: Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan

Sample size: 8.5 x 4.6 x 2.1 cm (top/2nd row), 6.5 x 1.8 x 1.1 cm (bottom)

Origin: Darrah Pech, Kunar Province, Pakistan

Sample size: 14.2 x 4.0 x 1.8 cm

Variety kunzite with tourmaline

Origin: Kunar Province, Afghanistan

Sample size: 11.4 x 9.5 x 7.9 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Rob Lavinsky

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