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Aragonite With Native Sulphur

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PCZ199462

Aragonite With Native Sulphur

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Description
Locality: 
Agrigento, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 5 × 3 cm
Description

A very pretty specimen consisting of globular sprays of acicular aragonite crystals with yellow sulphur crystal up to 0.9 cm across. The aragonite shows bright orange fluorescence under long-wave U.V. A lovely display specimen.

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
Peter Crozier Minerals