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Witherite from Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

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DESCRIPTION:	No. 76606
Mineral:	Witherite
Locality:	Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois
Description:	Several large compound crystals of translucent beige-colored witherite on gray-brown matrix. The witherite crystals are hexagonal form, with surfaces composed of smaller parallel crystal faces that resemble stacked plates. Fluoresces bright white under shortwave and longwave UV illumination. Collected ca. 1990
Overall Size:	9x6x6 cm
Crystals:	10-45 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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