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Sulphur

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Sulphur

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
El Desierto Mine, San Pablo de Napa, Campos Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 2.8 × 1.5 cm
Description

A large elongated skeletal sulfur crystal in partially transparent bright yellow colors. The crystal is crystallized as a floater specimen. The crystals form near the surface of the earth from vapors in clefts. A chipping is worth mentioning on the tip.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sulphur

Formula: 
S8
Strunz: 
1.CC.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.5