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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 1820
Mineral:Calcite
Locality:Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois
Description:Aesthetic cluster of many elongated scalenohedral crystals of yellow-white calcite up to 30 mm long. Two of the calcite crystals are incomplete. A good specimen from a long-closed locality.
Overall Size:8x7x4 cm
Crystals:5-30 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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