rosickýite
Sign in to saveRosickyite is a rare native element mineral that is a polymorph of sulfur. It crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system and is a high temperature, high density polymorph. It occurs as soft, colorless to pale yellow crystals and efflorescences.
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- Subclass of
- sulfur
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- Rosickýite.jpg
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- crystal system
- monoclinic crystal system
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 1.CC.05
- chemical formula
- S
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 1.CC.05
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- I/B.03
- Commons category
- Rosickýite
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Rký
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{{Infobox mineral | name = Rosickyite | boxwidth = | boxbgcolor = | image = Rosickýite.jpg | imagesize = | alt = | caption = Sharp yellow crystals of rosickyite on matrix from an unspecified off shore drill hole in the Pacific Ocean near California (Ventura County, California, United States of America). | category = Native element mineral | molweight = | formula = S | IMAsymbol = Rký | strunz = 1.CC.05 | dana = | system = Monoclinic | class = Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol) | symmetry = P2/c | unit cell = a = 8.455(3) Å, b = 13.052(2) Å c = 9.267(3) Å; β = 124.89(3)°; Z = 4 | color = Colorless to pale yellow, green tinge | colour = | habit = Equidimensional to thin tabular crystals, efflorescences | twinning = On {101}, with twin lamellae parallel to [010] | cleavage = None | fracture = | tenacity = | mohs = 2 - 3 | luster = Adamantine | streak = | diaphaneity = Transparent to translucent | gravity = 2.07 | density = | polish = | opticalprop = Biaxial (-) | refractive = | birefringence = | pleochroism = | 2V = | dispersion = | extinction = | length fast/slow = | fluorescence = | absorption = | melt = | fusibility = | diagnostic = | solubility = | impurities = | alteration = | other = | references = }} Rosickyite is a rare native element mineral that is a polymorph of sulfur. It crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system and is a high temperature, high density polymorph. It occurs as soft, colorless to pale yellow crystals and efflorescences.
It was first described in 1930 for an occurrence in Havirna, near Letovice, Moravia, Czech Republic. It was named for Vojtĕch Rosický (1880–1942), of Masaryk University, Brno.
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