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Sulphur-β

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Sulphur-β

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Locality: 
La Fossa Crater, Vulcano Island, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 0.6 × 0.4 cm
Description

Sulphur-beta is an extremely rare polymorph of sulphur (much rarer than sulphur and rosickyite) only know from 4 localities worldwide, this one being from the type locality, the already famous La Fossa Crater. Excellent and nice specimen for the collectors of extremely rare native elements

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sulphur-β

Formula: 
S8
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy

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