Kunzite Spodumene

• Hardness

  6.0 - 7.0.

• Occurrence

  Brazil, Madagascar, Myanmar (Burma), U.S., Canada, former USSR, Mexico and Sweden.

• Kunzite is lilac pink (colored by manganese), named after the gemologist G.F. Kunz who described it in 1902. Kunzite has strong pleochroism, showing colorless and two shades of color when viewed from different directions. Kunzite is a fragile stone. Called an "evening" stone, it should not be exposed to direct sunlight which can fade it's color in time.