Kunzite 8mm Round AA Grade - 15-16 Inch 30+mm This inspired the stone’s alias

This inspired the stone’s alias

“buttery

with magenta to purple seen as the most valuable

They are all varieties of the mineral corundum

according to the Mohs hardness scale

Kunzite 8mm Round AA Grade - 15-16 Inch 30+mm This inspired the stone’s aliasKunzite 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.