SULFUR
Specimen sul-36
$ 135.00Dims: 4.50x3.04x1.46" (11.42x7.71x3.71cm)
Wt: 6.68oz (189.5g)
Vodinskoye, Samara, Russia
A half-dozen sulfur crystals are displayed in the cavities of the host rock. They are transparent, some extremely so. All of the larger crystals show some damage, while the smaller ones generally look perfect. The ones in the middle are deeper in color, while the ones on the edges of the cluster are much lighter. The host rock appears to be calcite, some of which display excellent (but small) doubly-terminated rhombohedral crystals. Of special note is a tiny black inclusion on one of the sulfur crystals. A loupe shows it as a black, branched structure whose root is embedded in the sulfur, and which has a black fiber threaded through its "branches" (which are tiny).