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Sulfur Crystals

Sulfur is always yellow. It has been mined in Sicily since Roman times, when it was used to make medicines and incendiary devices. Today, most industrial products require sulfur in one form or another for their manufacture.

Group: Native Elements
Catalog Number: R16918
Exchanged 1967
Locality: Agrigento, Sicily , Italy

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