Kunzite
at-auction$ 20
- Locality
- San Pedro Mine, Pala, San Diego Co., California
- Minerals
- Spodumene
- Dimensions
- 6 x 3.3 x 0.6 cm
- Size class
- Small Cabinet
- SID
- H143
Tabular, etched, double-terminated crystal of pink Kunzite. The San Pedro Mine was originally found by Bernardo Hiriart and Pedro Peiletch in 1902 and produced kunzite, tourmaline, beryl and lepidolite. George F. Kunz described the San Pedro workings as 4 cuts along a pegmatite ledge traceable for nearly a mile in length and traversed by the same dike or vein as the Katerina and Vanderberg mines. The claim was sold to Charlie E. Reynolds of Escondido in 1948. In 1951 Reynolds mined a large pocket which yielded 300 pounds of fine gem spodumene. The old label that came with this specimen indicates that it was found in the 1950s. It is likely that this specimen came from that large 1951 pocket.