Description

Kunzite, or a form of Spodumene is a pyroxene mineral consisting of lithium aluminium inosilicate, and is a source of lithium. It occurs as colorless to yellowish, purplish, or lilac kunzite, prismatic crystals, often of great size. Kunzite was discovered at the Pala Chief Mine near San Diego, California and named after gemologist GF Kunz, who first described it after the turn of the twentieth century. Kunzite is an unusual, and rare, stone.