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Fluorite with Calcite from Denton Mine, Harris Creek District, Hardin County, Illinois

 
Fluorite with Calcite from Denton Mine, Harris Creek District, Hardin County, Illinois

Fluorite with Calcite from Denton Mine, Harris Creek District, Hardin County, Illinois

Fluorite with Calcite from Denton Mine, Harris Creek District, Hardin County, Illinois

Fluorite with Calcite from Denton Mine, Harris Creek District, Hardin County, Illinois

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite with Calcite from Denton Mine, Harris Creek District, Hardin County, Illinois

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite with Calcite from Denton Mine, Harris Creek District, Hardin County, Illinois

DESCRIPTION:No. 76781
Mineral:Fluorite with Calcite
Locality:Denton Mine, Harris Creek District, Hardin County, Illinois
Description:Bi-colored internally zoned cubic fluorite crystals to 30 mm with scattered lustrous transparent pale-yellow calcite crystals to 7 mm on the surfaces. The fluorite crystals blue outer zones, purple intermediate zones, and yellow cores. Collected ca. 1985
Overall Size:6.5x4x3.5 cm
Crystals:3-30 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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