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KUNZITE , a transparent See also:lilac-coloured variety of See also:spodumene, used as a See also:gem-See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone. It was discovered in 1902 near Pala, in See also:San Diego See also:county, See also:California, not far from the locality which yields the See also:fine specimens of See also:rubellite and See also:lepidolite, well known to mineralogists. The See also:mineral was named by Dr C. See also:Baskerville after Dr See also:George F. Kunz, the gem See also:expert of New See also:York, who first described it. See also:Analysis by R. O. E. See also:Davis showed it to be a spodumene. Kunzite occurs in large crystals, some weighing as much as l000 grams each, and presents delicate hues from rosy lilac to deep See also:pink. It is strongly dichroic. Near the See also:surface it may lose See also:colour by exposure. Kunzite becomes strongly phosphorescent under the See also:Rontgen rays, or by the See also:action of See also:radium or on exposure to ultra-See also:violet rays.
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