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Zunyite

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Zunyite

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Description
Locality: 
Qalat-e Bala Salt Dome, Bandar-Abbas County, Hormozgan Province, Iran
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.5 × 1.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Description

Sharp red-brown zunyite crystals in hematite rich salt matrix.

Matrix specimen from this locality are not so often seen. 

Two crystals are well exposed, but there is an  other hidden in the matrix.

Due to the salt matrix this specimen can be easy prepared better.

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

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