Kunzite 8mm Round AA Grade - 15-16 Inch 30+mm white and black

white and black

It's soft chatoyancy is reminiscent of the moon's light

" an allusion to the moon-like white reflections of the mineral or to the quality of the light transmitted from the stone

This inspired the stone’s alias

according to the Mohs hardness scale

Kunzite 8mm Round AA Grade - 15-16 Inch 30+mm white and blackKunzite was named after a former Tiffany & Co. vice president, famed mineralogist and jeweler George Frederick Kunz, who first catalogued the stone in 1902. It is a variety of the silicate Spodumene, and forms naturally as a glassy, transparent stone. It can be colorless, pink, lilac, yellow or green, with darker shades being higher in value. Kunzite is prone to fading in direct sunlight.