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Zunyite & Hematite

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Zunyite & Hematite

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Description
Locality: 
Qalat Payeen, Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan Province, Iran
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 2.4 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.20cm
Description

Very sharp zunyite crystal with good luster, coloured by red hematite inclusions and with some small brilliant foliaceous hematite partially included in faces. Very clean tetrahedron form, truncated by cube faces. Td edge is 12 mm. Disposed very aerial on the hematite matrix. A good sized and perfect crystallographic specimen of this rare species. New finding in Iran.

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