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Sulphur & Calcite

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Sulphur & Calcite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
La Serrata, Lorca, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 6 × 5 cm
Weight: 
125.00gr
Description

Two well-shaped sulphur crystals associated with scalenohedral calcite on a limestone matrix. The size and clarity of these sulphurs is noteworthy for this seldomly seen classic spanish locality, exhausted since 1950.

The confusing similarity between that material from the Lorca basin and the much more common specimens from Sicily roots in the fact the two deposits formed at the same time, during a large geological event that struck the Mediterranean named the 'Messinian Salinity Crisis'. At that time, the sea evaporated and almost completely disappeared, leading to the formation of sulphur-bearing evaporitic deposits around its rim.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sulphur

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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