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Fluorite with Chalcopyrite inclusions from Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

 
Fluorite with Chalcopyrite inclusions from Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Fluorite with Chalcopyrite inclusions from Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Fluorite with Chalcopyrite inclusions from Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite with Chalcopyrite inclusions from Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

DESCRIPTION:No. 55796
Mineral:Fluorite with Chalcopyrite inclusions
Locality:Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois
Description:Bi-colored transparent cubic fluorite crystals to 35 mm with a few inclusions of yellow-metallic chalcopyrite crystals to 2 mm. The fluorite has a yellow core with 3 mm thick purple outer zone.
Overall Size:6x5.5x5 cm
Crystals:0.5-35.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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