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Fluorite with Chalcopyrite inclusions from Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

 
Fluorite with Chalcopyrite inclusions from Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Fluorite with Chalcopyrite inclusions from Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Fluorite with Chalcopyrite inclusions from Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Fluorite with Chalcopyrite inclusions from Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Fluorite with Chalcopyrite inclusions from Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Fluorite with Chalcopyrite inclusions from Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite with Chalcopyrite inclusions from Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

DESCRIPTION:No. 75123
Mineral:Fluorite with Chalcopyrite inclusions
Locality:Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois
Description:Lustrous transparent bi-colored cubic fluorite crystal with yellow-metallic 1-3 mm chalcopyrite crystals on the surface and included inside the fluorite. The fluorite crystal is yellow with blue outer zone, and the rear is partially dissolved. Collected ca. 1990
Overall Size:4.5x4.5x4 cm
Crystals:1-40 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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