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Sassolite with Sulphur

#PD44066

Sassolite with Sulphur

#PD44066
Availability
Sold
Size
3.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm - Miniature 
Formula
B(OH)3 (RRUFF)
Locality
Volcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands, Messina Prov., Sicily, Italy

Colorless to white micro crystals occuring as silky Sassolite with Sulphur. Lipari is another volcano in which a lot of bizarre minerals have been found. It is the type locality for 36 minerals!

Sassolite

Formula
B(OH)3 
Crystal System
Triclinic 
Crystal Habit
Platy, Encrustations, Tabular 
Cleavage
Perfect, None, None 
Luster
Vitreous - Pearly 
Color
white, gray, yellow, brown 
Streak
white 
Class
Triclinic - Pinacoidal 
Fracture
Sectile 
Hardness

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

Collection
Phillips Collection
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