AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Illinois > Fluorite on Sphalerite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 38814 |
Mineral: | Fluorite on Sphalerite |
Locality: | Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois |
Description: | Cubic purple fluorite crystals up to 11 mm on complexly crystallized translucent brown sphalerite with many parallel faces. The fluorite is transparent and internally color zoned. The sphalerite looks amazing under magnification. |
Overall Size: | 7x4x3 cm |
Crystals: | 0.5-11.0 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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