Hiddenite
Hiddenite is the strongly pleochroic, bright green variety of spodumene. First discovered in North Caroline by W. E. Hidden in 1879.
Gemological information
Gemological Information for Hiddenite
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HIDDENITE
Overview: Hiddenite is named after W.E. Hidden, who discovered this new gemstone in Alexander County, North Carolina in 1879. Hiddenite is the green gem variety of the mineral Spodumene .
KUNZITE AND HIDDENITE - Two Rare Gems
Kunzite is a pink to lavender pastel colored gemstone that is rarely seen in commercial jewelry stores. It was named for the famous gem expert G. F. Kunz.
Enhancements
Hiddenite is rarely irradiated to produce green color.
More information on gemstone enhancements.
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Such are the clear yellow gem spodumenes of Brazil,7 the green variety Hiddenite, or "little emerald," of North Carolina,8 and the lilac or amethystine pieces rarely found at Branchville, Connecticut.
This transparent gem is a pale-pink to lilac variety of the mineral spodumene (the other variety, hiddenite, is green).
As a member of the spodumene family, kunzite is closely related to hiddenite, a green variety of spodumene. Hiddenite is an attractive gem, but is extremely rare and for the most part is only known by collectors.
This mine sits snug at the foothills of the Brushy Mountains in North Carolina in the small town of Hiddenite. On the North American continent this place holds the first place as one of the most unique and fascinating geological location.
Varieties -- kunzite, hiddenite.
Hiddenite
A medium-deep green spodumene found only in Hiddenite, North Carolina. Both the town and the gem are named after William Hidden, the original mine owner.
Spodumene occurs naturally in colorless, light to medium pink/lavender (Kunzite), and very rarely in a chromium colored, grass to emerald green stable variety known as Hiddenite.
This gemstone is the youngest member of the spodumen family, to which the green or yellowish-green hiddenite, discovered about a quarter of a century earlier, also belongs. Hiddenite too bears the name of its discoverer, W. E. Hidden.
Maine, Connecticut, North Carolina (Hiddenite in Alexander County), and California are localities of limited production. India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Namibia, and Zimbabwe also produce aquamarine.
Spodumene (lithium aluminium silicate) naturally occurs in colorless form as well as in yellowish-brown or greenish-yellow which is called "hiddenite," and in purple, pink or lilac which is called "Kunzite.
There are two broad varieties of spodumene, Kunzite and Hiddenite. Kunzite is most famous and is the collectors choice. It comes in lovely pink to lilac color which is unique in the gem world.
Kunz, the gem expert, and for a time an emerald green variety was had from North Carolina which became known as "Hiddenite," after its discoverer, W. E. Hidden. No confusion of naming seems to have arisen in regard to this mineral.
USSR (Ural Mts., yellowish, heavily flawed), India, Tanzania (similar in quality to Colombia), Australia, Pakistan (Swat Valley), Afghanistan (Panjshir Valley), N.Carolina (near Hiddenite), South Africa, Austria, Madagascar.
Shaping and Treatment ...
These beautiful stones are some of the finest in the world. Deposits in Alexander County produce some of the finest-quality hiddenite in the world. The same deposits produce small amounts of bright red, facet-grade rutile.
The Spodumene gemstone is mainly available in two varieties "Kuzunite" and "hiddenite". The latter is a rare variety and is found in green color. Of the two " kunzite" is mostly known as the collector's stone.
It is not affected by changes of light, as is a sapphire. Other, inferior, stones that are similar in appearance are green corundum, green tourmaline, demantoid, diopside, chrysolite, and hiddenite.
Emeralds in ancient times ...
HIDDENITE Heart healing, rediscovering the joy of relationships, gratitude, release of regrets and attachments ...
They will lose their bright colour and eventually become drab and unattractive. The stones which are vulnerable to sunlight include Amethyst, Ametrine, Aquamarine, Aventurine, Beryl, Celestite, Chrysoprase, Citrine, Hiddenite, Kunzite, ...
Hydrozincite
Hypersthene Varieties that are not valid species:
Heliodor (greenish-yellow variety of beryl)
Heliotrope (variety of chalcedony)
Hiddenite (variety of spodumene)
Hyalite (variety of opal) ...
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