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Sulphur

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MGR632130

Sulphur

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Description
Locality: 
Kawah-Ijen Volcano, Java, Indonesia
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 2.9 × 2.7 cm
Description

Fantastic bright yellow “naturally formed” sulfur stalactite of the “Blue Flame Volcano” in Java. The liquid sulfur flows out of this volcano and runs over drip edges, where the sulfur cools and hardens into fantastic stalactite formations like this one. The specimen displays a bright lemony yellow color with a waxen luster! In this case, nature has let its imagination run free to create extraordinary formations No significant damage to report! A really special specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sulphur

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