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Zunyite

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Zunyite

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Description
Locality: 
Qalat-e Bala Salt Dome, Bandar-Abbas County, Hormozgan Province, Iran
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1.3 × 1.1 cm
Description

A sharp terminated, dark red (caused by hematite inclusions) crystal set on minor matrix. Perfect aesthetics and best quality. Zunyite is generally very rare and the locality produced the best material world-wide. Caused by the political circumstances we cannot expect any new material.

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