Oranje inheemse zwavel (rijk aan selenium) - Caltanissetta, Sicilië, Italië - Hoogte: 13.5 cm - Breedte: 6.6 cm- 361 g

Watch a video of this specimen by following the Vimeo link below:
https://vimeo.com/1014133745

Ex. Les Fils d'Émile Deyrolle (Paris, 1896-1950's). Comes with the typical Deyrolle box and old label.

In June last year, Alain Martaud and I acquired parts of an old family collection in Marseille, gathered up between the late XIXth century and the 1960's by successive generations of collectors (probably city dignitaries).
This collection featured hundreds of specimens that were exclusively purchased from Deyrolle, a prominent Parisian naturalist dealer in this period, and had been kept stored in their original box until today, carefully sorted in several custom-made wooden mineral drawer cabinets.
The specimens by themselves date back from the early XIXth century up to the first half of the XXth century and consist mostly in European and American classics, as well as rare species and systematics ore samples.

Here is a fantastic, huge native orange sulphur crystal from Caltanissetta in Sicily!

In remarkably good condition, this enormous single macroscopic crystal (structurally a 'polycrystal' made up of multiple individual grains) displays lustrous smooth faces with stepped-skeletal growth structure and a beautiful internal colour ranging from an orange core to more yellow outer layers.

It is honestly quite outstanding when you hold this dramatic single crystal: native sulphurs are usually much smaller.

This is a superb Sicilian specimen of the most famous species from the island!