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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

DESCRIPTION:No. 81027
Mineral:Sulfur on Aragonite
Locality:Agrigento District (Girgenti), Sicily, Italy
Description:Lustrous transparent vivid-yellow sulfur crystals to 20 mm with translucent white aragonite microcrystals on the bottom. The sulfur crystals exhibit double-refraction similar to calcite. The aragonite fluoresces under SW-LW UV illumination. Ex. Miller #M2161; collected ca. 1961
Overall Size:5x4x2.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 20 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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