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Aragonite With Native Sulphur

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Aragonite With Native Sulphur

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Agrigento, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 11.5 × 6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

Great specimen from a classic find in the seventies. Except for a minor crystal at the top all of the pinacoids are undamaged and show excellent termination and zonal coloration - from white in the middle to a translucent little greenish gray on the outside. Striking pink fluorescent under long wave UV.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Sulphur

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

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