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MR57AK9: Zunyite crystals, a rare aluminum sorosilicate and fluoride, two of them dominant. The crystals, of good size, are tetrahedral with beveled edges, have very well defined and smooth faces, are reddish-brown in color and have scaly Hematite inclusions, which distinguishes it from the first Zunyites from Iran that came to the world of collecting in Munich 2018.. This specimen was photographed for the 'Munich 2019' section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 66 of number 1/2020
Qalat-e Payeen salt dome, Bandar Abbas, Central District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province Iran (07/2019)
Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.7 × 1.7 cm = 0.83” × 0.67” × 0.67”
Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.4 cm = 0.67” × 0.55”
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