Hollowed Sulfur Crystal
Hollowed Sulfur Crystal from El Desierto Mine, San Pablo de Napa, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Collection Robert Lavinsky
Description This is a large, well-formed sulfur crystal exhibits extreme hopper growth where the crystal edges grew much faster than the faces, thus giving the crystal a hollowed out appearance. The crystal has super luster and translucence along with a bright lemon yellow color. Aesthetic, large and particularly fine from this deposit. In fact, although this deposit produces literally tonnage of Sulfur for the specimen market today, only a handful of crystals of this caliber have come out, and survived to market.
Locality El Desierto Mine, San Pablo de Napa, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Dimensions 6.8 x 3.1 x 2.7 cm.
Specimen Grade C
Photograph www.iRocks.com Photo

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