Kunzite

the evening stone

Kunzite rough specimen on dark stone
Provenance
Nuristan, Afghanistan · Pala, California · Brazil
Mineral family
Spodumene — a lithium pyroxene
Hardness
Mohs 6.5–7 — worn with a little care
Energy
Love — The dusk-pink frequency — the tender hour, kept.
Discovered new to science in California in 1902 and named for George Frederick Kunz, Tiffany’s legendary gem hunter. Its lilac-pink is lit by lithium and prefers the gentle hours — strong sun slowly fades it, so the trade calls it the evening stone. A gem that asks to be worn exactly when this brand lives: at dusk.
“They call it the evening stone — its pink prefers the gentle hours.”Named for G. F. Kunz · Tiffany & Co., 1902
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