ZUNYITE SPECIMENS

Zunyite is a rare aluminum sorosilicate-fluoride mineral composed of aluminium, silicon, oxygen, hydrogen, fluorine, and chlorine. It occurs in highly aluminous shales and hydrothermally altered volcanic rocks. Often its found associated with pyrophyllite, kaolinite, alunite, diaspore, rutile, pyrite, hematite, and quartz. It was discovered in 1884 and named for its discovery site, the Zuni Mine in San Juan County, Colorado.