Sulfur (ex David Burgess Collection)

Item Description

Here we have an excellent small miniature sized specimen of the famous, classic electric yellow colored Sulfur crystals from Agrigento (Girgenti), Sicily, Italy. The main focus of this specimen is the superb, sharp, doubly-terminated, well--formed, glowing yellow color, textbook crystal of Sulfur sitting atop a smaller incomplete Sulfur crystal free of matrix. The main Sulfur measures 2.6 cm at its longest dimension and is for all intents and purposes WATER CLEAR when backlit. Yes, there are some contacts, which is to be expected in this material due to not only the soft nature of Sulfur, but the fact is that they are difficult to collect without damage. A really showy and excellent quality display specimen of what are the most famous Sulfur crystals in the world. Valued at $400-$500. Please note: The species should now be spelled S-U-L-F-U-R as both the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry along with the British Royal Society of Chemistry adopted this spelling in the 1990s (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfur#Spelling_and_etymology) From the worldwide collection of David Burgess (1951-2016) with a wonderful old label from Ernie Schlichter of Sudbury, Massachusetts. David was a prolific species collector from Newington, Connecticut, and the namesake for the extremely rare cobalt arsenate species Burgessite, which he discovered.