Sulfur and Calcite ps. After Aragonite

Item Description

CABINET Sicily sulfur and calcite after aragonite stalactites of this striking, old-time quality are SELDOM available. Two large, to 7.0 cm, glassy, bright, canary-yellow, sulfur crystals are dramatically inset amongst a jackstraw cluster of sparkly calcite pseudomorphing sharp, flat-terminated, aragonite crystals from Sicily. Overall, for an old-timer, this piece is in great shape, with only two broken aragonites out of all those elongated fingers you see (and it is neat to look down inside their partially hollow casts, anyhow). It is very unusual to see so many unbroken pseudos in a larger piece. Comes with an old, faded label in German. I would assume that this is pre-World War I material. OVERALL VERY UNUSUAL SPECIMEN for its interesting matrix. Valued $900-1250