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Zunyite & Hematite

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Zunyite & Hematite

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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: 
1.4 × 1.4 × 1.1 cm
Description

Floater and complete Zunyite of 14 x14 x 11mm, a rare aluminum and fluor sorosilicate. The crystal, a tetrahedron 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 that make them different from the first Zunyite samples from Iran which arrived to the world of collectibles in Munich 2018.
 

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