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

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

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

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

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 77147
Mineral:Fluorite with Calcite and Chalcopyrite
Locality:Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois
Description:Lustrous transparent-to-translucent purple fluorite crystals to 60 mm with doubly terminated colorless calcite crystals to 17 mm and yellow-metallic chalcopyrite crystals to 2 mm on the surfaces. The fluorite has deep-purple color with yellow core zone. Collected ca. 1980
Overall Size:9.5x7.5x6.5 cm
Crystals:1-60 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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