Kunzite (doubly-terminated)

Item Description

A classic example of the world-famous Kunzite crystals from Afghanistan. This piece is a wonderful, doubly-terminated, gemmy, etched crystal with a purplish-pink color and good internal gemminess/translucency. The piece is essentially a floater as I can't see a true point of attachment from the pocket wall. There are small stepped faces on each end. The crystal has a lighter color when viewed on the "a" axis, but When viewed down the "c" axis, one can see that the color is more intense. This is due to the fact that Spodumene is pleochroic, so the color is almost always appear stronger when viewed down the "c" axis. 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 104.2 grams.