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Sulfur
- El Desierto Mine, San Pablo de Napa, Potosi Dept., Bolivia
- Cabinet, 11.0 x 8.0 x 6.6 cm
- Start Time: 07/11/2011 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 07/21/2011 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
From an amazingly gemmy batch of specimens that came out recently from this contemporary sulfur find. The finds of beautiful crystallized sulfur in Bolivia came at a great time, when old specimens from Sicily have become really hard to get and expensive, and only a trickle is coming from Russia. The forest of sharp, elongated crystals, up to 2.2 cm, on this specimen are PARTICULARLY gemmy, not opaque bright yellow, but TRANSPARENT and jewel-like (much better in person!). The camera does not come close to capturing them; they are really like bright gems - way beyond Italian or Russian sulfurs in brightness and luster!