Spodumene

  
Origin: Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sample size: 1.7 x 1.2 x 0.3 cm
 
  
  
Var. kunzite
Origin: Gilgit, Pakistan
Sample size:  5.3 x 4 x 1.4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

Crude grey 1-2 cm large spodumene crystals in a pegmatite matrix; prospect closed in 1990
Origin: Spodumene Prospect, Weinebene, Brandrücken, Koralpe, Carinthia, Austria
Sample size: 2.5 x 4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  
 
     
 
     
 
  
 
  
Origin: Alto Ligonha, Quelimane Province, Mozambique
Sample size: 4.5 x 2 x 9 cm (top), 4.5 x 2.5 x 11.5 cm (2nd row), 4.5 x 2 x 10 cm (3rd row), 5.5 x 1.8 x 8 cm (4th row), 9 x 2.3 x 12.5 cm (5th/bottom row)
 
Kunzite
Origin: Stewart mine, Pala, San Diego Co., California, U.S.A.
Sample size: 24 x 6 x 24 mm
 
  
Kunzite
Origin: Pech, Nuristan, Afghanistan
Sample size: 5.3 cm in height
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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