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Sulphur from
Sulphur Hole (Sulfur Hole; Sulphur pit), Calico, Calico District (Daggett District; Calico-Daggett area), Calico Mts (Calico Hills), San Bernardino County, California, USA


Classification
Species:Sulphur
Formula:S8
Comments:Occurs as lenticular masses of mixed sulfates. Also occurs as subhedral and euhedral crystals in crumbly matric in the hydrothermal chimney directly above the hole.
Habit:complex euhedral crystals, flowy subhedral crystals up to 1 mm in size, microscopic dark red flat platelets
Colour:bright light yellow, dark red
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Raman Spectroscopy
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Copiapite1 photo of Sulphur associated with Copiapite at this locality.
Jarosite1 photo of Sulphur associated with Jarosite at this locality.
Gypsum1 photo of Sulphur associated with Gypsum at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sulphur data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sulphur Hole (Sulfur Hole; Sulphur pit), Calico, Calico District (Daggett District; Calico-Daggett area), Calico Mts (Calico Hills), San Bernardino County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:134283
Long-form Identifier:1:3:134283:3
GUID (UUID V4):ead6276f-b6a0-4e02-8909-6c8e7c743044
Nearest other occurrences of Sulphur
11.4km (7.1 miles) Lead Mountain Mine (Main Barite Mine), Lead Mountain [2], Barstow, Barstow Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
79.9km (49.7 miles) Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
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