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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 44583 |
| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois |
| Description: | Large cluster of transparent bi-colored cubic fluorite crystals with a small patch of colorless calcite. The fluorite crystals have yellow internal zones with blue outer layers. The crystal surfaces of composed of smaller parallel microcrystal faces. Ex. Henry D. Miller (1838-1919 or 1920) collection, (see Final Disposition Of Some American Collections Of Minerals, Frederick A. Canfield, 1923), bequeathed to the Wadsworth Atheneum in 1909; ex. Loomis-Chaffee School |
| Overall Size: | 13x9x8 cm |
| Crystals: | 1.5-11 cm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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