n.
A lilac-colored spodumene used as a gemstone.
[After George Frederick Kunz (1856-1932), American gemologist.]
kunzite
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kunz·ite (kʊnt'sīt') 
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n.
A lilac-colored spodumene used as a gemstone.
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Meaning #1:
a pinkish lilac crystal form of the mineral spodumene that is used as a gemstone
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- radiophotoluminescence (physics)
- Spodumene (mineralogy and petrology)
- Precious stones (mineralogy and petrology)
- lepidolite
