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Zunyite With Hematite

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Zunyite With Hematite

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

From a new find, this is a sharp zunyite crystal with very good lustre, coloured red by hematite inclusions. Some metallic black lustrous hematite are also present at the surface. The habitus is tetrahedral {111}, with the edges modified by cube faces{100}. In pristine condition, no chippings!, what is not that easy as I have seen.

I took very fast pictures under sunlight but it is far better on hand!.

Found in January 2019.

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

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

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