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Zunyite

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Zunyite

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Qalat-e Bala Salt Dome, Bandar-Abbas County, Hormozgan Province, Iran
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 1.8 × 1.5 cm
Description

I had access to really fine material from this most relevant discovery - but this was a very unique piece. I saw crystals in red to brown, in beige and nearöly black - but this one is bi-colored! At the base you can see a light red area, but at the lower thrid it seems like cut. In fact there is a thin stripe of hematite crystals, then the crystal continues in steel grey color. All faces are lustrous, the crystal is sharp and complete all around and developed as floater.

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