Smithsonite on Fluorite
specimen number:
1604180
location:
Hastie's Quarry, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
description:
Yellow crystals of smithsonite across the top of a purple fluorite matrix. Interesting locality example for the species. A previous label comes with the specimen noting that this was collected in 2001, however from a pillar that dated to the 1950s.
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