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Fluorite with Sphalerite from Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

 
Fluorite with Sphalerite from Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Fluorite with Sphalerite from Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Fluorite with Sphalerite from Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Fluorite with Sphalerite from Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Fluorite with Sphalerite from Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Fluorite with Sphalerite from Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

Fluorite with Sphalerite from Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

DESCRIPTION:No. 76939
Mineral:Fluorite with Sphalerite
Locality:Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois
Description:Transparent cubic 25 mm fluorite crystal with a cluster of brilliantly lustrous dark-brown translucent sphalerite crystals to 7 mm. The fluorite crystal appears blue in daylight illumination and purple under incandescent illumination. Collected ca. 1985
Overall Size:4.5x3x2 cm
Crystals:1-25 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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