Fluorite with Calcite
specimen number:
1603610
location:
Cave in Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
description: An attractive combination piece from this prolific and long closed mining district. Amber colored mostly gemmy crystals of lustrous fluorite, these with outer colored zones are bluish purple, to 3.0 cm on edge in a cluster with crystallized calcite. Small crystals of chalcopyrite are floating with in the fluorite crystals as inclusions. This is in good condition.
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