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Spodumene Var Kunzite

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Spodumene Var Kunzite

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Description
Locality: 
Urucum Mine, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 2.3 × 1 cm
Weight: 
20.00gr
Description

Classic brazilian kunzite with natural etching/dissolution and recrystallization features. I have the impression that the specimen has a repair but neither acetone nor UV gave a positive test. Alcali silicate repair maybe?

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

Kunzite

Variety Of: 

Spodumene

Formula: 
LiAlSi2O6
Strunz: 
9.DA.30
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Hardness: 
0.0

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