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Fluorite with phantom inclusions from Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

 
Fluorite with phantom inclusions from Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Fluorite with phantom inclusions from Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite with phantom inclusions from Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

DESCRIPTION:No. 7314
Mineral:Fluorite with phantom inclusions
Locality:Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois
Description:Octahedral cleavage of transparent colorless fluorite with pale-pink pseudoscalenohedral internal phantoms, possibly pseudomorphs after calcite. Ex. Robert P. Bates (1926-2008) collection #172
Overall Size:26x20x19 mm
Crystals:26 mm cleavage
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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