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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 44718
Mineral:Fluorite with Sphalerite and Quartz
Locality:Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois
Description:Translucent purple fluorite crystals up to 18 mm across with transparent red-brown sphalerite crystals to 5 mm on gray matrix coated with quartz microcrystals. The surfaces of the fluorite crystals are composed of many smaller parallel crystal faces.
Overall Size:8x5.5x3 cm
Crystals:micro to 18 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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