Mineral Specimens with Zunyite

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D10-40 - Zunyite - $ 100
Electric Meatball boulder, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona
miniature, 4.9 x 4.7 x 3.1 cm
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Zunyite from Electric Meatball boulder, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona [db_pics/new2010/D1040f.jpg]

Specimens of any quality seldom turn up today of this species. This piece features small, to 3 mm, but very sharp pseudo-pyramidal crystals. Discovered in an erratic boulder, literally sitting in a farm field, by mineral dealers Jim and Mary Walker in the early 80's as they hiked to another locality, this single productive boulder has not been able to be traced to its origins in the nearby mountains, or duplicated in 30 years since. These sharp, interesting crystals are truly a treasure for the serious collector.

MD-199875 - Zunyite - - Archived
Silver City, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA
small cabinet, 5.5 x 5 x 3.5 cm.
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5.5 x 5 x 3.5 cm. This strange silicate forms pyramid-shaped crystals that are sharp and unusual. Usually the species is gray to white in color from other locales but here show with brown-red color. This specimen is one of several obtained by breaking open a single larger vug donated to the museum in the early 1900s, and features many sharp crystals to 3 mm on all sides of the specimen. Ex. Philadelphia Academy of Sciences Collection.

MD-199877 - Zunyite - - Archived
Silver City, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA
small cabinet, 8.3 x 5.5 x 3.9 cm.
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8.3 x 5.5 x 3.9 cm. This strange silicate forms pyramid-shaped crystals that are sharp and unusual. Usually the species is gray to white in color from other locales but here show with brown-red color. This specimen is one of several obtained by breaking open a single larger vug donated to the museum in the early 1900s, and features many sharp crystals to 3 mm on all sides of the specimen. Ex. Philadelphia Academy of Sciences Collection.

MD-210854 - Zunyite - - Archived
Zuni Mine (Zuñi Mine), Anvil Mountain, Silverton, Silverton District, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA
small cabinet, 6.8 x 5.7 x 2.6 cm.
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Zunyite from Zuni Mine (Zuñi Mine), Anvil Mountain, Silverton, Silverton District, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-210854b.jpg]

6.8 x 5.7 x 2.6 cm. Zunyite is a rare chlorinated silicate. This very rich, large and fine specimen is from the Type Locality - the Zuni Mine in the Silverton District of Colorado. Glassy, translucent, gray-tan, triangular crystals to 3 mm richly cover all sides of the nicely contrasting kaolinite-rich matrix. The collection this came out of was a museum stash dating to prior to World War I.

MD-214936 - Zunyite - - Archived
Zuni Mine (Zuñi Mine), Anvil Mountain, Silverton, Silverton District, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA
small cabinet, 5.8 x 4.0 x 2.7 cm.
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5.8 x 4.0 x 2.7 cm. Zunyite is a rare chlorinated silicate. This very rich and showy specimen is from the Type Locality - the Zuni Mine in the Silverton District of Colorado. Glassy, translucent, gray-tan, triangular crystals to 3 mm richly cover all sides of the nicely contrasting kaolinite-rich matrix. An old-time, classic specimen, nearly 100 years old or older and rarely available. This is an excellent example of this rare material. Ex. Mullane Collection.

MD-238922 - Zunyite - - Archived
Postmasburg manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
small cabinet, 8.4 x 4.9 x 3.8 cm.
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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 Africa. Ex. Don Boyston Collection. This material probably dates to the 1950s or 1960s and comes with an older Burminco label.

MD-26413 - Zunyite - - Archived
Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
thumbnail, 1.1 cm
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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 boulder has not been able to be traced to its origins in the nearby mountains, or duplicated in 20 years since. These sharp, interesting crystals are truly a treasure for the serious collector. 3.9 x 2.5 x 1.0 cm

MD-62278 - Zunyite, Quartz - - Archived
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
miniature, 3.3 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm
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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

PAS-42 - Zunyite - $ 400
Silver City, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab County, Utah, USA
miniature, 5.5 x 5 x 3.5 cm
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Zunyite from Silver City, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab County, Utah, USA [db_pics/pics/pas-42d.jpg]

This strange silicate forms pyramid-shaped crystals that are sharp and unusual. Usually the species is gray to white in color from other locales but here show with brown-red color. This specimen is one of several obtained by breaking open a single larger vug donated to the museum in the early 1900s, and features many sharp crystals to 3 mm on all sides of the specimen. We obtained 2 specimens with 2 labels, as shown here and on item #44

PAS-44 - Zunyite - SOLD
Silver City, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab County, Utah, USA
small cabinet, 8.3 x 5.5 x 3.9 cm
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Zunyite from Silver City, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab County, Utah, USA [db_pics/pics/pas-44d.jpg]

This strange silicate forms pyramid-shaped crystals that are sharp and unusual. Usually the species is gray to white in color from other locales but here show with brown-red color. This specimen is one of several obtained by breaking open a single larger vug donated to the museum in the early 1900s, and features many sharp crystals to 3 mm on all sides of the specimen. We obtained 2 specimens with 2 labels, as shown here and on item #42


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