SULFUR, ARAGONITE, BITUMEN – Italy – GFS0240
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€ 400,00 +TAX
Sulphur, Aragonite, Bitumen
Cozzo Disi Mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
11×10,5×5 cm. – main Sulphur 1,6×1,2×1 cm.
Every collector know this classic and famous italian locality that was one of the largest sulfur mines of Sicily, famous for producing the most beautiful sulphur specimens in the world; the mine was closed in 1988, and on November 12, 1990 the last six sulfur mines in Sicily were definitively closed. Not only beautiful all around but also a very interesting specimen, this piece host three mineral species highly representative for this mine; on a bed of crystallized Aragonite are present many Sulphur crystals with typical yellow color, at the base of one of those the Bitumen has formed a small black lake with lustrous surface. Bitumen is present everywhere on the piece, creating a more or less intense black grid between the Aragonite crystals with a final catch-eye display.
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Categories: Cabinet (10-20 cm), Fine Specimens
Additional information
| Weight | 0.610 kg |
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| Dimensions | 11 × 10.5 × 5 cm |
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