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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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