Kunzite crystal and cut stone
Kunzite (lithium aluminum silicate) is the pink variety of spodumene. It is pleochroic and cleaves easily along two crystal directions, so is difficult to cut
Picture No
10703747
Media ID
47586488
Size
3865px x 4962px
(10.0MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Natural History Museum
Source
Photograph from the Natural History Museum Collection
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