Sicily
Lercara Friddi sulfur district
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: sulfur, gypsum, celestine.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
Inland Sicilian sulfur field mined from the 1830s to the 1960s
Documented in Sicilian mining history; dumps remain around the town.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
subsidence, open shafts
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