Hiddenite
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Hiddenite is a pale-to-emerald green variety of spodumene that is sometimes used as a gemstone.
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Pegmatite
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A pegmatite is an igneous rock showing a very coarse texture, with large interlocking crystals usually greater in size than 1 cm and sometimes greater than 1 meter. Most pegmatites are composed of qua
Hiddenite
…should be truly considered "hiddenite" as well as claims that the green coloration is induced by irradiation and is fugitive. Deposits occur in granite pegmatite. Anonymous (1885): Taylorsville And Aleck, Their Resources and Advantages, Their Enterprise and Progress, The Landmark (newspaper), 8 May 1885…
Pegmatite with blue corundum crystals
Pegmatite containing lepidolite, tourmaline, and quartz from the White Elephant Mine in the Black Hills, South Dakota
Proterozoic pegmatite swarm in the headwall of the cirque of a small mountain glacier, northeastern Baffin Island, Nunavut
Rose muscovite from the Harding Pegmatite Mine