| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Illinois > Calcite over Fluorite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 65772 |
| Mineral: | Calcite over Fluorite |
| Locality: | Denton Mine, Harris Creek District, Hardin County, Illinois |
| Description: | Lustrous transparent golden-brown scalenohedral calcite crystals to 80 mm over translucent dark-purple cubic fluorite crystals to 20 mm with smaller calcite crystals to 3 mm on the surfaces. The tip of the large calcite crystal has a small cleavage face. |
| Overall Size: | 8x6.5x6 cm |
| Crystals: | 0.5-80.0 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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