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Kunzite — specimen 0146, photo © NMNHS
Kunzite — specimen 0146, photo © NMNHS

Kunzitespecimen 0146

Origin

South Asia
Afghanistan
Kunzite — specimen 0146, locality map
Data

Weight: 7.25 ct; size: 15.93 | 8.56 | 7.12 mm; shape: oval; colour: medium light violet; very slightly greyish; clarity: eye clean; cut: very good; treatment: none.
Notes

Very clean specimen; very good Portuguese style cut. Source: David Weinberg, Multicolour Gems Ltd.

More information from ‘Classification’


A pink variety of spodumene.