AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Illinois > Fluorite with Calcite |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 53340 |
Mineral: | Fluorite with Calcite |
Locality: | Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois |
Description: | Single crystal of bi-colored fluorite with alternating yellow and purple internal zones. The crystal surfaces are composed of many smaller parallel cubic faces and transparent pale-brown scalenohedral calcite crystals to 5 mm are scattered throughout. Ex. Roy A. Smith (1935-2014) collection |
Overall Size: | 4.5x4x3 cm |
Crystals: | 1-45 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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