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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: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 3.1 × 1.9 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

From a new find, this is a sharp tetrahedral zunyite crystal with very good lustre, coloured red by hematite inclusions. It has been recovered on quartz matrix, which is rare. Some metallic black lustrous hematite are also present at the surface. 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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