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Zunyite

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Zunyite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Qalat-e Bala Salt Dome, Bandar-Abbas County, Hormozgan Province, Iran
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.6 × 1.4 cm
Description

   Zunyite is generally a very rare mineral and the locality produced the very best ones world-wie. Most specimen are just single crystals - a crystal in this dimension and even on matrix is quite exceptional and rare. The assemble looks very aesthetic and the quality (lustrous and sharp) of the Zunyite is best.

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