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Fluorite with Calcite from Cleveland Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

 
Fluorite with Calcite from Cleveland Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Fluorite with Calcite from Cleveland Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Fluorite with Calcite from Cleveland Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Fluorite with Calcite from Cleveland Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

DESCRIPTION:No. 65225
Mineral:Fluorite with Calcite
Locality:Cleveland Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois
Description:Lustrous transparent dark-purple cubic fluorite crystals to 26 mm with two translucent white calcite crystals to 4 mm on one side. The fluorite crystals have surfaces composed of many smaller parallel cubic crystal faces. Ex. D. Miller collection #M513; originally acquired from Joe Dorris (miner on Prospectors TV show)
Overall Size:4x3.5x3.5 cm
Crystals:3-26 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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