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Mineral Specimens with Spodumene
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20.2 x 5.2 x 1.9 cm. Weighing in at just under 400 grams, this is a super-impressive crystal of gem kunzite from Peech. It is complete and terminated on the top end. The crystal has light lilac color, silky luster, and a super-transparent interior.
12.3 x 3.0 x 1.8 cm. This superb and large kunzite crystal is from a famous Gene Reynolds finds of 1966 at the San Pedro Mine. This doubly-terminated and complete floater crystal weighs 139 grams. The crystal has light pastel lilac color and superb transparency through the middle. Ex. Norm Dawson Collection.
13.7 x 7.8 x 1.0 cm. A very large, superbly formed tabular crystal of gemmy kunzite. This tabular crystal is pink through the front and has good lilac or maroon color when looking down the C axis. It is wonderfully transparent. The crystal is complete and sharp on the termination. Weighs 265 grams.
5.2 x 1.9 x 1.0 cm, 5.1 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm, 4.2 x 1.7 x 0.6 cm. These are Brazilian gem kunzites (3 of them) - with weird naturally-etched forms, complete and terminated all around. They have fine rich lilac color, and are very gemmy. Total weight is 34 grams.
4.6 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm, 3.9 x 1.3 x 0.8 cm, 3.7 x 1.6 x 0.8 cm. These are Brazilian gem kunzites (3 of them) with weird naturally-etched forms, complete and terminated all around. They have fine rich lilac color, and are very gemmy. Total weight is 34 grams.
5.4 x 3.3 x 3.1 cm. A translucent to transparent crystal of kunzite jutting up off a natural matrix base, complete and terminated. The kunzite measures 3 cm in width and 4 cm tall.
13.6 x 2.9 x 2.4 cm. A very large, 205-gram gem crystal of kunzite from Brazil. This superb crystal is glassy-transparent through the center. It is a complete floater crystal. The crystal has excellent lilac color, and lights up brilliantly when light runs through it down through the termination.
6.9 x 3.3 x 1.6 cm. A transparent crystal of kunzite, light lilac color, with the typical jagged form on the termination and edges. A robust crystal, weighing 57 grams.
5.6 x 2.8 x 1.8 cm. In person, this specimen is extremely gemmy all through the center. In fact, even though it is very thick and chunky (2 cm thick), you can read clearly right through it. It is complete and terminated, with a little mineral attachment on top. Very light lilac color. Weighs 70 grams. Ex. Charles Hansen Collection.
A sharp, translucent, deep lilac-colored kunzite crystal. The crystal is finely-terminated and shows textbook form. KUNZITE RARELY forms such sharp crystals, as opposed to pale green spodumene! Just a superb piece, for what it is! 5.3 x 4 x 1.4 cm
6.3 x 3.7 x 2.9 cm. A superb, very gemmy and lustrous, doubly terminated, bi-colored spodumene aesthetically set in cleavelandite and muscovite matrix from Nuristan Province, Afghanistan. The crystal is over 2 inches tall and gemmy. This fine crystal has a sharp, chisel termination of vivid, lilac kunzite color grading downward into a pleasing pastel-yellow.
12.4 x 2.8 x 1.9 cm. A most unusual spodumene specimen for both the geometry and the subtle coloration. The geometry is interesting, for the growth offset so clearly visible, where during growth the crystal seems to have broken, shifted over 1.5 cm, and started growing again in the same vertical plane as if nothing had happened - with the bottom annealing to the old stub and "re-healing" to make a complete crystal again over time. The pink color is subtle, varying in intensity depending on the light source.
10.1 x 4.5 x 2.3 cm. This is an outstanding visual piece but also happens to be a highly important kunzite specimen that is of superb color and cutting quality, considered by many to be among the finest kunzite crystals recovered and surviving in specimen form from this famous mining district. Weighs 147 grams. This specimen was kept by mine owner Norm Dawson when he found it in a famous pocket of 12 kilos of highest-quality kunzite, in 1968 or so. It was bought from Dawson by Bill, before he passed away. This district, notably, is the TYPE LOCALITY for Kunzite, where it was identified as a new gemstone by George Frederick Kunz in 1903: Kunz, George Frederick (1903), On a new lilac-colored spodumene San Diego County, California: Am.Jour. Sci., 4th. series: 16: 264-267; ...(abstract): Science, new series: 18: 280 (1903). Ex. Pala International/William Larson Collection.
13.1 x 5.4 x 2.0 cm. A very large, rare spodumene crystal from the main dike of the Pala Chief Mine, according to Bill dated sometime before 1960. It is large, complete, and has a pleasing faint green color in person. This is an amazing piece from San Diego County, large and gemmy and quite reflective in person from its many facets. Ex. Pala International/William Larson Collection.
10.3 x 5.4 x 5.3 cm. An unusual specimen that Bill says is a very old piece out of a collection labeled only as "Pala". The doubly-terminated kunzite hangs dramatically from a quartz termination, and the quartz itself is also doubly-terminated. Ex. Pala International/William Larson Collection.
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