| (Sanskrit, sulvere; L. sulpur) Known to the ancients; referred to in Genesis as brimstone. nbsp;
Sulfur is found in meteorites. R.W. Wood suggests that the dark area near the crater Aristarchus is a sulfur deposit.
Sulfur occurs native in the vicinity of volcanos and hot springs. It is widely distributed in nature as iron pyrites, galena, sphalerite, cinnabar, stibnite, gypsum, epsom salts, celestite, barite, etc.
A Periodic Table of the Elements at Los Alamos National Laboratory |
