Sulphur
Noboribetsu-Onsen village, Noboribetsu city, Iburi branch, Hokkaido, Japan
Source for sulphur and Sulphuric acid
Width: 20 mm. Sulphur recovered from a explosion crator. Yellow parts are sulphur, and some pyramidal crystals of sulphur are observed in open spaces. The white host is altered andesitic tuff.
Recovered from the altered zone around fumaroles of an explosion crator. Formed in less than 10 years.
Sulphur from this location was described in 1889.
Other localities
- Iwo Jima (Fumarole, Pyramidal)
- Noboribetsu-Jigoku Valley (Fumarole, Pyramidal)
- Numajiri Mine (Fumarole, Massive)
- Jigoku Pond (Fumarole, Crust)
- Noboribetsu-Oyunuma Pond (Fumarole, Spherical)
- Niseko-Oyunuma Pond (Fumarole, Spherical)
- Kurokawa Mine (Mn skarn, Crust)
- Masutomi Mine (Hydrothermal, Massive)
- Takemori (Alpine fissure, Flaky)