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.40" Red-Brown Tetrahedral Zunyite Crystal w/ Hematite - Iran
What we have here is a breathtaking and quite rare, red-brown tetrahedral zunyite crystal with cubic modifications. This unique specimen comes from the Qalat-e Bala salt domes in the Hormozgan Province of Iran. Its red-brown color comes from hematite, with additional grey regions of hematite across the exterior of the crystal.
Comes with a small acrylic display case.
Comes with a small acrylic display case.
About Zunyite
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.
General Chemical Formula - Al13Si5O20(OH,F)18Cl
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.
General Chemical Formula - Al13Si5O20(OH,F)18Cl
SPECIES
Zunyite & Hematite
LOCATION
Qalat-e Bala Salt Domes, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province, Iran
SIZE
.40" wide
CATEGORY
ITEM
#317119
