Kunzite (doubly-terminated) (541 grams)

Item Description

A large, thick, doubly-terminated, gemmy "sword"-shaped crystal group of Kunzite from Afghanistan. The piece is essentially a floater as I can't see a true point of attachment from the pocket well. It's was detached at one point, and then recrystallized ("rehealed") so it's now complete all the way around. The crystals have a medium color when viewed on the "a" axis, but When viewed down the "c" axis, one can see that there are actually multiple colors present. There is a purple hue on one side, along with a greenish-yellow hue. As I said, it's actually doubly-terminated with long striated faces on the front and back. It has some graceful hydrothermal etching, but also, well-defined smooth crystals faces, so it's a beautiful blending of the two forms. Good crystallized Kunzites are only found in a few places on earth and Afghanistan is only place that produces them with any frequency these days. Weight is 541 grams. Priced at $1800 in the inventory.