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Sulphur

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Cozzo Disi Mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 3.6 × 2.9 cm
Description

Yellow crystal of sulphur with nice skeletal growth, growing etching figures at the surfaces, and classical black bitumen at the point where it was attached to the matrix. Minor damage is present, but still a representative specimen for this classic locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sulphur

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

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