George Frederick Kunz was an American mineralogist and mineral collector.
A typical Olmec votive (ritual) axe with the were-jaguar motif (note the downturned mouth and the almond-shaped eyes). This particular artifact is known as the Kunz Axe, first described by George Kunz in 1890.
Group: Charlotte Stillman, Mrs. Elgin R. L. Gould, Mrs. W. Eyre Lambert, Mrs. H. P. Davidson, George Frederick Kunz, and William Fellowes Morgan. c. 1910-1915
Spodumene is a pyroxene mineral consisting of lithium aluminium inosilicate, LiAl2, and is a commercially important source of lithium. It occurs as colorless to yellowish, purplish, or lilac kunzite,
Walnut Hill Pegmatite Prospect, Huntington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, U.S. (size: 14.2 × 9.2 × 3.0 cm)
An almost colorless kunzite crystal (upper left), a cut pale pink kunzite (upper right), and a greenish hiddenite crystal (below) (unknown scale)
Hiddenite from Araçuaí, Minas Gerais, Brazil