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match, sulfur brimstone, sulfur [JV]

1) brimstone, sulfur; 2) match) [IW]

brimstone, sulphur, match, sulfur; sulphur [RY]

(med) Sulfur, S. (Drungtso 1999, Yeshi 2018). Synonyms : mu ljang, sol ti, ga si ta, gan ta ha ka te, dri can, durga te, dri ngan, patra la hi, tsha ba'i dbugs can, sa bcud gser ldan, sa'i khro chu, za byed, btsun mo, dmar cha (Yeshi 2018). sa cu gang. Essence of earth (sulphur). mu zi ser po. Brimstone (sulphur. sa dang 'dres pa dkar po. White mixture of brimstone with earth. sa dang 'dres pa nag po. Black mixture of brimstone with earth (Phrin Las 1987). mu zi ser po. Sulphur nativum (Drungtso 1999). Usually formed from volcanic action - as a sublimate from volcanic gasses associated with realgar, cinnabar and other minerals. It is also found in some vein deposits and as an alteration product of sulphide minerals. It can also be formed biogenically - a major source being salt domes, where it has formed by the bacterial decomposition of calcium sulfate (mindat.org) Johannes Schmidt (talk) 19:46, 21 November 2021 (UTC)