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Sulphur With Gypsum

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Sulphur With Gypsum

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Description
Locality: 
Weenzen Gypsum Pit, Salzhemmendorf, Lower Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 7 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
4.00cm
Description

Massive yellow aggregates of native sulphur in gypsum matrix. Excellent german oldtimer with an antique handwritten label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sulphur

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

Gypsum

Formula: 
CaSO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.CD.40
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
White.