Awards
He was given many honorary degrees from US and European universities. He was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree from the Cooper Union in 1872.
- Columbia University (AM, June 8, 1898) The award was presented by Professor James F. Kemp, professor of Geology at Columbia;
- University of Marburg (Ph.D., 1903), especially for his contributions to European and German mineralogy. Surprisingly, in 1920, in a fairly unique act, this honorary award was withdrawn by the university faculty due to his efforts to help reforest France, and his supposed sympathies to the French and English allies against Germany.
- Knox College of Illinois (Sc. D., 1907).
He wrote over 300 articles during his life. Almost eighty years after his death, many of his books are still in print. After his death, his personal collection of several thousand rare books, pamphlets and articles on gems and precious stones were sold to the United States Geological Survey Library for one dollar.
Kunz married Sophia Hanforth in 1879, who died in 1912. In 1923, Kunz married Opal Logan Giberson, a noted aviatrix, but soon annulled the marriage. Nonetheless, Opal Kunz continued to maintain Kunz's household until his death, on June 29, 1932.
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