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Fluorite with Sphalerite and Calcite from Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

 
Fluorite with Sphalerite and Calcite from Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Fluorite with Sphalerite and Calcite from Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Fluorite with Sphalerite and Calcite from Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

DESCRIPTION:No. 41436
Mineral:Fluorite with Sphalerite and Calcite
Locality:Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois
Description:Transparent cubic purple fluorite crystals up to 21 mm across on brown sphalerite with a few scattered colorless scalenohedral calcite crystals up to 5 mm long on one surface. The fluorite is internally zoned with layers of deeper color.
Overall Size:4.5x3.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:4-21 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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