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kunzite
[ koonts-ahyt ]
noun
, Mineralogy.
- a transparent lilac-colored variety of spodumene, used as a gem.
kunzite
/ ˈkʊntsaɪt /
noun
- a pink-coloured transparent variety of the mineral spodumene: a gemstone
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of kunzite1
C20: named after George F. Kunz (1856–1932), US gem expert
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Example Sentences
It is now on the market as kunzite, and a cut stone of one karat in weight sells for fifty dollars and more.
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Kunzite becomes strongly phosphorescent under the Rntgen rays, or by the action of radium or on exposure to ultra-violet rays.
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After quartz come corundum (Oriental amethyst), spinel (almandine spinel), garnet (almandine), and spodumene (variety kunzite).
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Purple spodumene (kunzite) is pinkish to lilac in shade—usually pale, unless in large masses, and it shows very marked dichroism.
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Spodumene, of which Kunzite is a variety, cleaves almost too easily to be durable.
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