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Spodumene

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MGR967240

Spodumene

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Description
Locality: 
Darrah I Pech, Chapa Dara District, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.4 × 4.2 × 1.8 cm
Description

Awesome single crystal of spodumene var kunzite from Afghanistan. Viewed from the top the crystal exposes its fantastic colour due to the pleochromism of the mineral. A few chippings are present at the side of the termination.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Spodumene

Formula: 
LiAlSi2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Colour: 
colorless, yellow
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Utö Mines, Utö, Södermanland, Sweden