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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: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.4 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Weight: 
2.00gr
Description

Floater and complete Zunyite tetrahedron crystal beveled by the faces of the cube, has smooth and very well defined faces with a color between reddish and dark brown, with bright, laminar Hematite inclusions.

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