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Sulfur

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American American Museum of Natural History
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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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Species
SulfurAbout Sulfur →
SizeMiniature
Dimensions3.0 cm
Added on02/13/2026
Locality
Italy, Sicily, CiancianaRegional guide →
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Mineral Collections In American Northeast page 21

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
—Clarence 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 — premier collector locality yielding sharp, lemon-yellow native S8 crystals on aragonite and calcite, with mining context and rarity.