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Fluorite and Calcite from Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

 
Fluorite and Calcite from Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Fluorite and Calcite from Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

DESCRIPTION:No. 38830
Mineral:Fluorite and Calcite
Locality:Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois
Description:An etched (partially dissolved) crystal of bi-colored fluorite 30 mm across with little of it's original form visible with a yellow formation of many minute, parallel, scalenohedral calcite crystals.
Overall Size:4.5x3x1 cm
Crystals:1-30 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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