Absolutely Unique Specimen - Ancient Bituminous Sulfur - Crystals on Matrix - Really Wonderful - Height: 330 mm - Width: 240 mm- 9600 g

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Description from the seller

Great, very colorful, and of the highest quality, Bituminous Sulfur coming from one of the largest sulfur mines in Sicily, the Cozzo Disi mine located in the province of Agrigento.
Inside it, the largest and most beautiful specimens of this very rare and peculiar mineral were discovered.
A porous, brownish matrix encloses a large quantity of very luminous bituminous sulfur crystals with an intense green color.
The mine was closed in 1989 along with the last six sulfur mines in Sicily; therefore, specimens of this type are a real rarity.

Size: 330 x 240 x 210 mm
Weight: 9600 g
Origin: Sicily, Italy

Seller's Story

The Mineral Art Gallery offers minerals, fossils, shells and natural elements. Born in Italy in 2017, today she collaborates with international galleries and collectors, she is a direct importer of large minerals and naturalistic collectible elements; deals with the processing to insert them inside the living space. A section of the gallery was dedicated to the Wunderkammer, "chamber of wonders or cabinet of curiosities" in which Mirabilia elements are presented: naturalia and italiania, a union between "the present is the past". All lots are shipped via DHL Express and Fercam couriers, with insured parcel and tracking.
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Great, very colorful, and of the highest quality, Bituminous Sulfur coming from one of the largest sulfur mines in Sicily, the Cozzo Disi mine located in the province of Agrigento.
Inside it, the largest and most beautiful specimens of this very rare and peculiar mineral were discovered.
A porous, brownish matrix encloses a large quantity of very luminous bituminous sulfur crystals with an intense green color.
The mine was closed in 1989 along with the last six sulfur mines in Sicily; therefore, specimens of this type are a real rarity.

Size: 330 x 240 x 210 mm
Weight: 9600 g
Origin: Sicily, Italy

Seller's Story

The Mineral Art Gallery offers minerals, fossils, shells and natural elements. Born in Italy in 2017, today she collaborates with international galleries and collectors, she is a direct importer of large minerals and naturalistic collectible elements; deals with the processing to insert them inside the living space. A section of the gallery was dedicated to the Wunderkammer, "chamber of wonders or cabinet of curiosities" in which Mirabilia elements are presented: naturalia and italiania, a union between "the present is the past". All lots are shipped via DHL Express and Fercam couriers, with insured parcel and tracking.
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Details

Mineral Form
Absolutely Unique Specimen - Ancient Bituminous Sulfur - Crystals on Matrix - Really Wonderful
Weight
9600 g
Country of Origin
Italy
Height
330 mm
Width
240 mm
Depth
210 mm
ItalyVerified
12101
Objects sold
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