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Zunyite

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Zunyite

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Description
Locality: 
Qalat Payeen, Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan Province, Iran
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1.3 × 1.2 cm
Description

The red color of the zunyizte is based on hematite inclusions, further tiny discs of black hematite are inter-grown to the faces. The sharp, glossy crystal is set on a small base of matrix. Zunyite is generally rare, and Hormuz produced it in outstanding quality. This specimen is an exceptional, wonderful thumb in finest quality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zunyite

Formula: 
Al13Si5O20(OH,F)18Cl
Strunz: 
9.BJ.55
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Zuni Mine (Zuñi Mine), Anvil Mountain, Red Mountain District, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA