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Calcite over Fluorite and Barite from Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:

DESCRIPTION:	No. 72705
Mineral:	Calcite over Fluorite and Barite
Locality:	Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois
Description:	Lustrous transparent-to-translucent orange scalenohedral calcite crystals over a plate of barite and fluorite. The calcite crystals have transparent terminations and outer layers with translucent core zones. The calcite fluoresces orange under SW UV. Collected ca. 1990
Overall Size:	8x5x3.5 cm
Crystals:	5-30 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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