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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

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

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. 75824
Mineral:Sulfur on Aragonite
Locality:Agrigento District (Girgenti), Sicily, Italy
Description:Lemon-yellow transparent-to-translucent sulfur crystals to 20 mm over translucent white aragonite microcrystals in rounded aggregates to 2 mm diameter coating one face of gray matrix. The sulfur crystals have a waxy luster.
Overall Size:8x6x4 cm
Crystals:micro to 20 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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