Spodumene var: Kunzite

Item Description

These are some of the most well-known contemporary Kunzites from any world locality. The original pink Spodumene crystals first discovered San Diego County were named Kunzite in 1903 after the world famous mineralogist / gemologist, George F. Kunz. Kunzite is a well-known gem mineral thanks to various pegmatites around the world, namely those in San Diego County, California along with Minas Gerais, Brazil and Kunar & Nuristan in Afghanistan. Some of the finest example of gem quality Spodumene are those from Afghanistan. This piece is a lovely, lustrous, striated, beautifully etched, multi-terminated, soft pinkish-lilac colored Kunzite crystal, with no point of attachment, making it a complete "floater". A good portion of the crystal is WATER-CLEAR. The crystal has excellent luster on the front and back, and the graceful hydrothermal etching gives it an almost ethereal appearance. There are dozens of attractive "teeth"-like terminations on one side of the piece. When you look down the "c" axis, you can see a slightly richer color than when you look at the piece through the "a" axis. Specimen weight is 25.64 grams.