Zunyite Gallery

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Zunyite : Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl
	Nagano prefecture, Chubu region, Honshu Island, Japan Small crystals of Zunyite on matrix. Label listed from Yochi Mine? Specimen and Photgraph A. Tuma, N-D60.105m.
© Andrew Tuma	Photo ID: 264065 View Count: 9
Zunyite : Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl
	Postmasburg manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa dimension crystal mm. 1,4 photo and collection Luigi Chiappino
© luigi chiappino	Photo ID: 212083 View Count: 90
Zunyite : Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl
	Postmasburg manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa 8.4 x 4.9 x 3.8 cm. Zunyite is a rare chlorinated silicate. Tan, triangular zunyite crystals to 3 mm are richly scattered in clusters and as discrete crystals on all sides of the green chlorite schist-rich matrix on this excellent, very rich and highly representative specimen of the species and locale - the Potmasburg Manganese Field of South ...
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 238922 View Count: 47
Zunyite : Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl
	Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA EXTREMELY RARE ONE-TIME FIND: A Superb and sharp 1.1 cm zunyite crystal jauntily perched on the top edge of a blade of matrix from the world''s best find of the species. Discovered in an erratic boulder, literally sitting in a farm field, by mineral dealers Jim and Mary Walker in the 80''s as they hiked to another locality, this single productive ...
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 26413 View Count: 600
Zunyite : Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl, Quartz : SiO₂
	Big Bertha Mine (Veta Grande Mine; Veta Grande claim; Crystal Caverns claim; Big Bertha Extension Mine), Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA Glassy, translucent, gray-tan, pseudohexagonal (flattened octahedra) crystals to 3 mm of the rare silicate zunyite richly cover the nicely contrasting milky quartz matrix. Very minimal bruising, overall, to this very fine, rare specimen from the Big Bertha Mine, near Quartzsite, Arizona. 3.3 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 62278 View Count: 538
Zunyite : Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl
	Big Bertha Mine (Veta Grande Mine; Veta Grande claim; Crystal Caverns claim; Big Bertha Extension Mine), Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA Crystals of zunyite up to 3 mm across. Photo and collection Antonio Borrelli
© Antonio Borrelli	Photo ID: 50564 View Count: 417
Zunyite : Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl
	Big Bertha Mine (Veta Grande Mine; Veta Grande claim; Crystal Caverns claim; Big Bertha Extension Mine), Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA Zunyite crystal. Associated minerals include pyrophyllite. Photo is about 2.2 mm in length. Photo and specimen: Steve Stuart. The zunyite fluoresces red under SW UV light.
© SMS 2006	Photo ID: 54827 View Count: 357
Zunyite : Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl
	Big Bertha Mine (Veta Grande Mine; Veta Grande claim; Crystal Caverns claim; Big Bertha Extension Mine), Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA A group of zunyite crystals. Two are brownish colored, while the other two are more transparent. All of them fluoresce red under SW UV light. Photo is about 4 mm in length. Photo and specimen: Steve Stuart.
© SMS 2006	Photo ID: 54918 View Count: 313
Zunyite : Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl, Hematite : Fe₂O₃
	Big Bertha Mine (Veta Grande Mine; Veta Grande claim; Crystal Caverns claim; Big Bertha Extension Mine), Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA Zunyite crystal associated with hematite. The zunyite fluoresces red under SW UV light. Photo is about 2.2 mm in length. Photo and specimen: Steve Stuart.
© SMS 2006	Photo ID: 54917 View Count: 303
Zunyite : Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl
	Big Bertha Mine (Veta Grande Mine; Veta Grande claim; Crystal Caverns claim; Big Bertha Extension Mine), Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA 1 mm crystal of zunyite which cleaved off of a larger specimen of crystals on matrix, which has also been uploaded. RFC T1742.
© Michael C. Roarke	Photo ID: 105750 View Count: 227