Kunzite

Description

It is the more or less intense pink variety of "spodumene" (lithium aluminosilicate of the pyroxene group)

General physical properties: hardness 6.5-7 - specific weight from 3.15 to 3.21 - refractive indices 1.660 and 1.681

Weight 5.86 Kt

Size 9.05x12.15x7.30 mm

Cut: mixed with oval shape

Color: intense pink

Purity: pure

Treatments: thermal

Provenance: Patroke Mine - Kunar - Afghanistan