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

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

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

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

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 80404
Mineral:Witherite with Fluorite
Locality:Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois
Description:Compound translucent beige-colored witherite crystal with remnants of two intersecting fluorite crystals on the edges. The witherite crystal is hexagonal form, with surfaces composed of smaller parallel crystal faces, and fluoresces white under UV. Ex. R. Holmes collection WTH-2; ex. Roy A. Smith (1935-2014) collection
Overall Size:5x4x4 cm
Crystals:40 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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