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Galena with Sphalerite and Fluorite from Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

 
Galena with Sphalerite and Fluorite from Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Galena with Sphalerite and Fluorite from Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Galena with Sphalerite and Fluorite from Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

DESCRIPTION:No. 53706
Mineral:Galena with Sphalerite and Fluorite
Locality:Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois
Description:Lustrous gray-metallic cubic galena crystals with lustrous transparent brown sphalerite crystals to 3 mm on the rear and scattered remnants of transparent purple fluorite. The edges of the galena crystals are cleavage faces where it was extracted. Ex. D. Miller collection
Overall Size:7x5x2.5 cm
Crystals:1-18 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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