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Iranite

Dan Behnke collection
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Description
Locality: 
Chah Khouni Mine, Anarak District, Nain County, Isfahan Province, Iran
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 1 × 0.7 cm
Description

You are bidding on an exceptional small sample with rich, sharp crystals of iranite on matrix with small bright red tablets of wulfenite from the type locality. Could not locate the original index card for this sample. The specimen is mislabeled hemihedrite. 

This sample is from the collection of Dan Behnke, long-time friend, micromounter and prodigious photographer. I am pleased to be able to offer selections from his large collection, many of which are illustrated specimens in Rocks & Minerals, The Mineralogiocal Record, Photo Atlas of Minerals and many other publications. All samples from his meticulously catalogued collection will come with his original index card with all notes, photography annotations and other pertinent information, as well as any slides Dan may have taken of the sample with publication notes and date the photo was made.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Iranite

Formula: 
Pb10Cu(CrO4)6(SiO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
7.FC.15
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Sebarz Mine (Sebraz Mine; Sebarg Mine), Anarak District, Nain County (Nayin County), Esfahan Province (Isfahan Province; Aspadana Province), Iran

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