Mineralpedia Details for Sulphur
Sulphur
Sulphur from Boling Dome, Newgulf, Wharton Co., Texas, United States
Sulphur from the salt diapers of Texas and brought to surface by core drilling in 1972. Minor Hauerite and sharp, rich yellow Sulphur crystals to 5mm. Ex. Art Smith.
Sulphur from Moss Bluff Dome, Liberty Co., Texas, United States
Well-developed yellow, translucent crystals of Sulphur to 6mm with calcite. Ex. Art Sith with tag.
Sulphur from Texas Gulf, Wharton Co., Texas, United States
Bright yellow perfect Sulphur crystals to 6mm with Calcite in core, trimmed and saw. Excellent older specimen out of the late Art Smith collection. See prov. for more information. Specifically this came from the Boiling Dome. Specimen number matches tag.
Sulphur from Goldfield, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, United States
This is only a 7 oz specimen but large because of the low SG of Sulfur.
A fabulous summary of the Goldfield orebody by N.N. Brandes, can be found on Mindat.com. Basically Goldfield is said to be the largest sulfidizied gold ore body in North America. This event occured when hydrothermal solutions rich in HCl and SO2 from a shallow pluton encountered meteoric waters which leached volcanic and silicied rocks and deposited sulfides, gold and some tellurides. Gold ore reached 500 or more ounces per ton. Goldfield was once Nevada's largest city and reached a population of 20,000 five years after the first claims were stacked in 1902. Interestingly enough elemental sulfur is not on the Mindat list, and thus this may be a smelter product.
Sulphur from Sicily, Italy
Orange crystals to 1.3cm across on white Aragonite.
