Zunyite

Specimen ID: 14M-LKY

Mineral(s)
Zunyite : Al13Si5O20(OH,F)18Cl
Locality
Mindat locality:
Dimensions
39mm x 27mm x 20mm
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Zunyite crystal, a rare aluminum and fluorine sorosilicate, on matrix. The crystal, tetrahedral but beveled by cube faces, has very well defined and smooth faces, with a color between reddish and dark brown and with lamellar inclusions of Hematite which makes it different from the first Zunyites from Iran that arrived in the collectors‘ world at Munich 2018. This specimen has been photographed and published as a reference for the Zunyite species in the magazine ‘Lapis‘ number 05/2020, page 9 Qalat-e Payeen salt dome, Bandar Abbas, Central District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province, Iran Found in: 07/2019 Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.7 × 2 cm = 1.54” × 1.06” × 0.79” Main crystal size: 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.63” Reference: MD93AL3
Jordi Fabre - 15th February 2023

Photo added to mindat.org

Zunyite crystal, a rare aluminum and fluorine sorosilicate, on matrix. The crystal, tetrahedral but beveled by cube faces, has very well defined and smooth faces, with a color between reddish and dark brown and with lamellar inclusions of Hematite which makes it different from the first Zunyites from Iran that arrived in the collectors‘ world at Munich 2018. This specimen has been photographed and published as a reference for the Zunyite species in the magazine ‘Lapis‘ number 05/2020, page 9 Qalat-e Payeen salt dome, Bandar Abbas, Central District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province, Iran Found in: 07/2019 Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.7 × 2 cm = 1.54” × 1.06” × 0.79” Main crystal size: 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.63” Reference: MD93AL3
Jordi Fabre - 15th February 2023
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