Spodumene, var. Kunzite
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Spodumene, var. Kunzite

Specimen # 103016
Mineral: Spodumene
Location: Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Size: 4.4 x 1.7 x 0.6 cm
Specimen # 103016
Mineral: Spodumene
Location: Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Size: 4.4 x 1.7 x 0.6 cm

Description

Detailed Description

A sharp, well-formed pale pink crystal of spodumene, with a particularly defined set of termination faces. Surface imperfections have crystallization texture, indicating that they occurred before all of the crystallization process/etching were complete. In excellent condition, no damage. Nice form on this one.


About these Spodumene Crystals

These spodumene crystals are from a 2017 pocket that produced colour-zoned (lilac/pink – pale green – colourless) crystals, along with some specimens that were purely lilac/pink and some that had no such hues at all. Although spodumene crystals are often etched or poorly defined, this pocket included sharp well-formed crystals and relatively low incidence of etching/dissolution features.


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