| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Illinois > Fluorite with Calcite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 63573 |
| Mineral: | Fluorite with Calcite |
| Locality: | Minerva #1 Mine, Rosiclare Level, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois |
| Description: | Lustrous transparent cubic fluorite crystals to 21 mm with several groups of translucent brown scalenohedral calcite crystals to 20 mm around the perimeter. The fluorite crystals are blue with very thin purple outer layer. Ex. Mort Metersky collection, originally acquired in 2000 |
| Overall Size: | 5.5x4x2.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-21 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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