Spodumene

     
Origin: Mawi pegmatites, near Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan
Sample size: 2.7 x 1.5 x 12.5 cm
 
  
Colourless opaque prismatic crystals of spodumene to 4.3 cm in length frozen in a massive colourless milky quartz matrix.
Origin: Tanco mine, Bernie Lake, Manitoba, Canada
Sample size: 11.5 x 7.5 x 7 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
Kunzite on quartz
Origin: Mawii, Laghman, Afghanistan
Sample size: crystal 7.6 cm
 
  
This is a doubly terminated crystal of spodumene var. kunzite. The crystal has two distinct colours with pink in the center and greenish blue on either end.
Origin: Nuristan, Laghman Prov., Afghanistan
Ex. Stuart Wilensky coll.
Sample size: 11.5 x 3.7 x 2.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

  
  
 
  
  
Hiddenite (Chromium-rich spodume)
Origin: Hiddenite, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Sample size: 2.7 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm (top/2nd row), 5 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm (3rd/bottom row)
 
  
  
  
Origin: Konar Province, Afghanistan
Sample size: 6.7 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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