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Fluorite with Pyrite inclusions from Minerva #1 Mine, Rosiclare Level, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

 
Fluorite with Pyrite inclusions from Minerva #1 Mine, Rosiclare Level, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Fluorite with Pyrite inclusions from Minerva #1 Mine, Rosiclare Level, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Fluorite with Pyrite inclusions from Minerva #1 Mine, Rosiclare Level, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Fluorite with Pyrite inclusions from Minerva #1 Mine, Rosiclare Level, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Fluorite with Pyrite inclusions from Minerva #1 Mine, Rosiclare Level, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

DESCRIPTION:No. 55888
Mineral:Fluorite with Pyrite inclusions
Locality:Minerva #1 Mine, Rosiclare Level, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois
Description:Bi-colored transparent cubic fluorite crystals to 39 mm with yellow-metallic cubic pyrite inclusions to 1 mm. The fluorite crystals have yellow cores with 4 mm thick blue outer zones with a very thin purple zones between. Ex. R. Lillie; collected April 1990
Overall Size:7x5x4.5 cm
Crystals:0.5-39.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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