Story behind the stone: sulfur from the Ijen volcano
Recently a friend gave me a beautiful piece of sulfur, he asked me if I knew where it came from, “Indonesia” I said. “Yes!” he…
Tag: Indonesia
Green ‘smithsonite’ from Indonesia appears to be garnierite (falcondoite) in quartz
Recently, ‘new’ material appeared on the market from Indonesia: green crustal deposits and crystals in fissures in yellow-brown rock. Commonly sold under the name “smithsonite,”…