A 7 cm, purple, transparent crystal of kunzite was found embedded in purple lepidolite at the Haapaluoma quarry. Chemical analysis gave SiO2 63.85, TiO2 0.01, Al2O3 27.72, Fe2O3 total 0.16, MnO 0.16, MgO 0.05, ZnO 0.01, Tl2O 0.0, CaO 0.07, BeO 0.00, Na2O 0.59, K2O 0.13, Li2O 7.49, Rb2O 0.00, Cs2O 0.00, P2O5 0.00, H2O⁺ 0.08, H2O⁻ 0.02, = 100.34; trace elements include Cr 510, Ga 330, Sn 120, Sc 26, Ge 19 ppm. It is strongly pleochroic alpha = beta amethystine purple, gamma weak purplish or colourless; alpha 1.660, beta 1.665, gamma 1.679, 2Vgamma 61o; sp. gr. 3.19. It has a 9.469, b 8.399, c 5.225 A, beta 110.16o; space group C2/c, Z = 4. The composition of a grey spodumene from the same quarry is almost identical, but the kunzite has lower Fe and Li and higher Na. The colour of the kunzite may be due to relatively high Mn³⁺ and a low Fe/Mn ratio (1.0).- R.A.H.