Sulfur

One of the most commonly known attributes of sulfur is its smell. Its infamous aroma is caused a reaction between the sulfur and water, creating hydrogen sulfide (H2­S). Its most common use is the production of sulfuric acid but it is also used in fertilizers and other agricultural products, gunpowder, matches, detergents and preservatives for wine and dried fruit.

Sulfur found naturally is written chemically as S8 as this allotrope of sulfur is most stable.

Sulfur is the tenth most abundant element in the universe.

The speckles in the upper right hand corner of the picture are small fragments of the sulfur. When I placed the samples on my scanner, the sulfur crumbled. You can see the results in the image.

Color: Bright yellow

Color of streak: Yellow

Moh’s hardness: 2

Density: 2.07 grams/cubic centimeter

Cleavage: Very poor in two directions

Fracture: Conchoidal

Crystal system: Orthorhombic

Chemical composition: S8 (Sulfur)

Transparency: Transparent to translucent

Refractive index: None

Double refraction: None

Dispersion: Unknown

Pleochroism: Unknown

Absorption spectrum: Unknown

Fluorescence: Unknown

Purity: >95%