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UNB-2017-0221Minerals » Native Elements

Description

Four sample of green/yellow subhedral bipyramid/tabular Sulphur. Lustre is adamantine. Sulfur (S) can be yellow, greenish, reddish yellow or brown in colour. Lustre can be greasy, resinous or adamantine and streak is white. Hardness is 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 and cleavage is poor in two directions. Sulphur usually occurs as bipyramids or tabular crystals but can also be granular, fibrous, compact, earthy, reniform, stalactitic or incrusting. The sample comes from the El Desierto Mine that was formed by solfataras that were active 1.7 to 1.6 million years ago. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00357520109603246

Specifications

Object nameSulphur
IDUNB-2017-0221
Legal statusPermanent collection
CategoryMineral
Classification
Mineral group:
Native Elements
Composition
  • C
  • Ds
  • Cm
  • Cu
  • Cn
  • C
  • Ca
  • Cf
  • B
  • Bh
  • Bi
  • Be
  • As
  • Sb
  • Am
  • Al
  • Ac
  • No
  • Og
  • N
  • Ni
  • Nh
  • Np
  • Mc
  • Md
  • Mt
  • Mn
  • Mg
  • Lv
  • Pb
  • Fe
  • Ir
  • C
  • Au
  • H
  • Hs
  • Fr
  • F
  • Fl
  • Fm
  • Es
  • Db
  • Zr
  • Cr
  • U
  • V
  • Ti
  • Sn
  • Th
  • Ts
  • S
  • Na
  • Ag
  • Si
  • Sg
  • Rf
  • Ru
  • Rg
  • Rh
  • Ra
  • Pa
  • K
  • Pu
  • Pt
  • P
  • Pd
  • O
  • Os
  • AsS
Age
Eon:
Phanerozoic
Era:
Cenozoic
Period:
Neogene
Epoch:
Pliocene
Numeric age5.333 Mya
OriginDesierto, Bolivia
Pieces4
PartialNo
Measurements
  • 2.5cm x 11cm x 8.5cm
  • 3cm x 3.5cm x 5.5cm
  • 2.5cm x 8.5cm x 4.5cm
  • 1.3cm x 5cm x 4.5cm

Map of Origin

Publications

  • Chesterman, C.W. 1979. Audubon Society, Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals. Knopf.