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Calcite over Fluorite from Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

 
Calcite over Fluorite from Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Calcite over Fluorite from Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Calcite over Fluorite from Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Calcite over Fluorite from Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Calcite over Fluorite from Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Calcite over Fluorite from Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Calcite over Fluorite from Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Calcite over Fluorite from Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

DESCRIPTION:No. 70273
Mineral:Calcite over Fluorite
Locality:Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois
Description:Lustrous transparent golden-brown scalenohedral calcite crystals in a rounded formation of parallel crystals over a core of fluorite. Ex. Roy A. Smith (1935-2014) collection #M1768; acquired 9/1993 from miner Ewell Dutton
Overall Size:4.5x4x4 cm
Crystals:15 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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