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Sulfur

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Sulfur crystals to 3 cm on matrix from Cianciana, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. The specimen turns out to have been “assembled” or repaired, as the orientation of the main crystal was different in the image in Gratacap’s Popular Guide to Minerals (1912). Ex Clarence Bement Collection (1901); Arthur Singer photo, AMNH Photo Studio.

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SpeciesSulfur
SizeMiniature
Dimensions3.0 cm
Added on02/13/2026
LocalityItaly, Sicily, Cianciana
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Mineral Collections In American Northeast page 21
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DateCollectorAcquisition price
—Clarence S. BementNot disclosed

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Sulfur
Mineral guide
Learn about Sulfur
vivid canary-yellow crystals with resinous luster; rare euhedrals, famed Sicilian mines and top localities; fragility boosts collecting value and care.
Sulfur
Regional guide
Sulfur from Cianciana, Sicily, Italy
Cianciana sulfur — Sicily’s renowned collector locality for bright yellow native S8 crystals on aragonite, valued for color, luster, and crystal integrity.
Locality guide
Cianciana
Cianciana, Sicily — historic sulfur locality producing native S8 crystals on aragonite, gypsum, and calcite; prized for color contrast and evaporite context.