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

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

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

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

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

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

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Witherite from Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Witherite from Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

DESCRIPTION:No. 80293
Mineral:Witherite
Locality:Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois
Description:Large compound crystal of translucent beige-colored witherite with remnants of purple fluorite on the bottom where it was attached. The witherite crystal is hexagonal form, with surfaces composed of smaller parallel crystal faces like stacked layers. Ex. Miller #M3019; ex. Betts #76416. Fluoresces bright white under shortwave and longwave UV illumination. Collected ca. 1990
Overall Size:6.5x5x4.5 cm
Crystals:45 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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