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Native Sulphur On Aragonite

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Native Sulphur On Aragonite

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Description
Locality: 
Agrigento, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
19 × 11 × 10 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Weight: 
1 550.00gr
Description

Sharp yellow native sulphur crystals up to 10 mm across on a bed of good contrasting white aragonite.

Beautiful old time specimen from Armin Wendland collection

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