| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Afghanistan > Spodumene var. Kunzite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 75369 |
| Mineral: | Spodumene var. Kunzite |
| Locality: | Mawi Pegmatite, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan |
| Description: | Two parallel striated transparent pink kunzite crystals, the pink gem variety of spodumene, with remnants of pocket clay near the terminations. The kunzite crystals show deep color when viewed down the C-axis and fluoresces violet under UV illumination. Collected ca. 1999 |
| Overall Size: | 48x16x5 mm |
| Crystals: | 48 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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