Spodumene · Lilac pink
Kunzite
Evening light, held still.
Certified · traceable origin
Typical size: 5 – 50 ct · Price on request
Specifications
- Mineral family
- Spodumene
- Composition
- LiAlSi₂O₆ : Mn
- Hardness (Mohs)
- 6.5 – 7
- Refractive index
- 1.660 – 1.676
- Crystal system
- Monoclinic
- Colour
- Pale pink to lilac and violet-pink, coloured by manganese
- Typical origins
- Afghanistan · Pakistan · Brazil · Madagascar
Specifications are general gemological references for the species; each stone is assessed and documented individually.
Origin & story
Kunzite is the pink to lilac variety of spodumene, often occurring in large clean crystals with strong pleochroism. Its delicate colour is best seen in stones above five carats.
Colour can fade under prolonged strong sunlight, so SOMSTONE advises buyers on care and documents any irradiation treatment.
Documentation
What to expect from a lab report
Where appropriate, stones are submitted to an independent gemological laboratory. A typical identification report records the fields below; values shown here are placeholders for illustration only and do not describe a specific stone.
Illustrative only. Not an actual certificate. Reports are issued by independent laboratories on a per-stone basis.
Sample — illustrative layout
Specifications · Kunzite
Report no. SAMPLE-000000
Date DD · MM · YYYY
- Identification
- Spodumene
- Variety
- Kunzite
- Weight
- —.— ct
- Dimensions
- —.— × —.— × —.— mm
- Shape / cut
- —
- Colour
- Pale pink to lilac and violet-pink, coloured by manganese
- Transparency
- Transparent
- Origin opinion
- Subject to laboratory analysis
- Treatment
- Subject to laboratory analysis
- Comments
- Issued with stone-specific measurements and photographs.
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