Fluorite with minor Calcite from Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 77531
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| Mineral: | Fluorite with minor Calcite
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| Locality: | Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois |
| Description: | Elongated cluster of lustrous transparent cubic fluorite crystals to 30 mm with a few lustrous transparent pale-brown calcite crystals to 5 mm. The fluorite crystals have yellow core zones, with blue and purple outer zones, and fluoresce under LW-SW UV. Collected ca. 1985 |
| Overall Size: | 11.5x6.5x4.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-30 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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