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Sulfur crystals

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Sulfur crystals

Sulfur crystals form around vents where hydrogen sulphide gas is escaping.

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Carol Stewart, Hot springs, mud pools and geysers – Hot gases, mud pools and craters, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/6499/sulfur-crystals (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Carol Stewart, published 2 March 2009.

Comments

Karen Williams
12 June 2011
No big deal but in New Zild we spell it 'sulphur' and also 'sulphide' - your site has a heading of Sulfur crystals plus text - Sulfur crystals form around vents where hydrogen sulfide gas is escaping.