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Native Sulphur On Aragonite

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Native Sulphur On Aragonite

ex collection Aidara/Hühne
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Description
Locality: 
Agrigento, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
19.5 × 13.8 × 10.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.80cm
Description

Very nice sulphur crystals up to 2.8 cm on a 'curtain' of beige-brown aragonite. It seems the specimen grew upside-down, the sulphur crystals hanging down on the aragonite. Some of the sulphur crystals are a little damaged, but it is still a fine, big, unusual specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sulphur

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

Aragonite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Gallo river, Molina de Aragón, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

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