DR .015 Luster Vitreous Hiddenite is the green gem variety of the mineral Spodumene .
Spodumene is a common mineral, but transparent gem forms occur in only a few select localities.
One gem form is the pink kunzite , and another is the green hiddenite. Hiddenite is named after W.E. Hidden, who discovered this new gemstone in Alexander County, North Carolina in 1879. Green hiddenite, to date, is only found in the one locality where it was originally discovered. Although additional localities containing transparent, green spodumene were found, none match the exceptional, unique green of the hiddenite from Alexander County, North Carolina. The green spodumenes from other localities are not gemologically accepted as true hiddenite, for they all lack the unique green color of true hiddenite, being only very light green or greenish-yellow.