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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite with minor Calcite and Sphalerite from Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

DESCRIPTION:No. 76556
Mineral:Fluorite with minor Calcite and Sphalerite
Locality:Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois
Description:Large cubic crystal of transparent pink-purple fluorite with pale-brown calcite crystals to 18 mm on the front and small black sphalerite crystals on the rear where the fluorite was attached. The bottom rear has remnants of glue from where it was mounted Collected ca. 1985
Overall Size:11x10.5x7 cm
Crystals:4-110 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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