Specimen #2098

Name: Blue/Golden Fluorite with Calcite

Type: Mineral

Locality: Minerva #1 Mine, Hardin County, Illinois, USA

Favorite? N

Fluorescent? N

Size: 9.5 x 13.0 cm

Weight:

Acquired: 2010-10-14

Source: Auction: Kevin Ward

Label: N

Comment: Multi-colored Fluorite cluster! Beautiful cluster of Golden Fluorite cubes with bluish zoning at the rim! There's also a scattering of small Calcite crystals and a minor association of Bitumen in the recesses.

Minerals: Calcite (CaCO₃) Fluorite (CaF₂)

There are 2 pictures on file

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Fluorite, Minerva #1 Mine, Hardin County, Illinois - 9.5 x 13.0 cm

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Fluorite, Minerva #1 Mine, Hardin County, Illinois