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Fluorite from Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

 
Fluorite from Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Fluorite from Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

DESCRIPTION:No. 53343
Mineral:Fluorite
Locality:Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois
Description:Transparent purple cubic fluorite crystal on brownish matrix composed of microscopic colorless quartz and red-brown sphalerite crystals. The surfaces of the fluorite crystals are composed of smaller parallel crystal faces.
Overall Size:6.5x4.5x4 cm
Crystals:micro to 20 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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