Mineral: Zunyiite
Locality: Qalat-e Payeen salt dome, Bandar Abbas, Central District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province, Iran
Dimensions: main crystal: 2.1 cm

Description: Qalat-e-Balat Salt Dome, Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan Province, Iran Mass: 45 g MIM number: 2262 27 very sharp twinned floating crystals ranging in size from 1.1 to 2.1 cm, gray to beige in color. One of these crystals is in fact formed of two joined pyramids, one of which is covered with small pyramidal crystals giving the impression of a fractal. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence

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