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Native Sulphur With Celestine

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Native Sulphur With Celestine

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Description
Locality: 
Staccato, Pallagorio, Crotone Province, Calabria, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 4.2 × 2.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.20cm
Weight: 
70.00gr
Description

Matrix miniature hosting yellow native sulphur with white to colorless celestite from the rare locality of Pallagorio. 
While the vast majority of Italian sulphur specimens are known to come predominantly either from Sicily or Marche, this is one of the very rare sulphur specimens coming from the region of Calabria.

Definitely rare. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sulphur

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

Celestine

Formula: 
SrSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bell's Mill, Bellwood, Blair Co., Pennsylvania, USA...

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