Fluorite with Calcite
specimen number:
4711009
location:
Minerva Mine #1, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
description:
Spiky crystals of calcite to 1.5 cm in size across the top of a matrix of cubic mostly gemmy crystallized fluorite. This is crystallized naturally all around. Cleaving is present to many of the calcite crystals, not atypical of this habit in this mining district. The calcite crystals are brightly fluorescent white, the fluorite underneath fluorescent as well.
Size: 6.0 x 4.0 x 4.0 cm (small-cabinet)
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