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Sulfur on Aragonite from Agrigento District (Girgenti), Sicily, Italy

 
Sulfur on Aragonite from Agrigento District (Girgenti), Sicily, Italy

Sulfur on Aragonite from Agrigento District (Girgenti), Sicily, Italy

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Sulfur on Aragonite from Agrigento District (Girgenti), Sicily, Italy

DESCRIPTION:No. 55202
Mineral:Sulfur on Aragonite
Locality:Agrigento District (Girgenti), Sicily, Italy
Description:Lustrous translucent yellow blocky sulfur crystals to 12 mm on crystallized colorless aragonite to 0.5 mm. The aragonite fluoresces under UV illumination and phosphoresces when illumination is extinguished. Two sulfur crystals are missing. Ex. Dr. N. Luppescu, originally acquired from H. Belsky
Overall Size:5.5x4x3 cm
Crystals:0.5-12.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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